Susanna Reid tries and fails to hide breakfast plate while reading news on Good Morning Britain

Susanna Reid was left red-faced after she tried and failed to hide her breakfast plate while reading the news on Good Morning Britain.

The presenter was caught out by the cameras as she subtly attempted to hide her morning plate of food with her foot early on Tuesday morning, much to the amusement of viewers.

With co-anchors Charlotte Hawkins and Kate Garraway seemingly oblivious to their colleague's struggle, Reid could be seen clearly by the cameras as she pushed the plate out of shot.

Ever the professional, the 44-year-old kept a straight face and carried on reading the news, proving her skills at mutli-tasking.

But the hilarity of the situation clearly didn't pass her by as she took to Twitter after the show to admit to her embarrassing error.

She wrote: "When your breakfast appears in shot, but you think you're secretly hiding it with your foot ... #GMB."

Reid, who has been called out on her interview techniques in the past, recently hit back at claims that she was overly flirty with guests.

Speaking to Good Housekeeping about the way she interviews, she said: "Wearing a dress and chewing a pen is interpreted as something else. It’s frustrating – I’m a professional interviewer whose job it is to get the absolute best out of people.

"To then have it described in a different way, feels a bit like come on, really?"

"It does strike me as odd that the focus for some is on the person doing the interviewing and what they’re wearing," she said. "Sometimes you do think, what are we saying about women in journalism when we do that?"

She told the magazine: "But as a woman in the media you have to take that as part of the rough and tumble. It enables you to lay down another layer of thick skin."