{"id":217325,"date":"2025-10-22T07:25:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T07:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/217325\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T07:25:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T07:25:10","slug":"bbc-boss-calls-on-helen-skelton-and-gethin-jones-to-stop-playing-around-with-viewers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/217325\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC boss calls on Helen Skelton and Gethin Jones to ‘stop playing around with viewers’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Helen Skelton and Gethin Jones looked cosy together as they posed for photographs on the Daily Mirror Pride of Britain red carpet this week – despite a suggestion they had split\"HelenHelen and Gethin’s love story and split as they reunite at Pride of Britain(Image: PA)<\/p>\n

BBC<\/a> bosses reportedly want popular duo Helen Skelton<\/a> and Gethin Jones<\/a> to come clean about the true nature of their relationship – for the sake of the viewers.<\/p>\n

More than 1.5million people tune into Morning Live every weekday on BBC<\/a> One, and see Helen and Gethin discuss topical issues. It was understood they had embarked on a relationship since working together<\/a> on the programme, but speculation of a split swirled a few months ago.<\/p>\n

But on Monday night, Gethin, 47, put his arm around 42-year-old Helen on the Daily Mirror<\/a> Pride of Britain red carpet in London. The cosy photographs led to further speculation the couple had rekindled their romance, but the “confusion” has reportedly irked some management at the BBC.<\/p>\n

One boss told the Daily Mail: “There\u2019s a common feeling among them [BBC bosses] that it\u2019s time for Helen and Gethin to confirm where they stand and stop playing around with the viewers. It\u2019s time for clarity.<\/p>\n

“Standing together on that red carpet has only confused viewers, who truly do want them to be an item, and it\u2019s not fair anymore to keep the speculation going. It\u2019s starting to feel on purpose as they\u2019re really leaning into it.”<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Pride of Britain Awards 2025: Amy Dowden and GK Barry lead the red carpet glam<\/a>READ MORE: Morning Live star gives birth and reveals baby’s name<\/a>\"HelenHelen and Gethin fuelled romance rumours after appearing at the Pride of Britain red carpet together(Image: PA)\"HelenThey appeared to enjoy their reunion(Image: Rowan Griffiths \/ Daily Mirror)<\/p>\n

Gethin was one of the original hosts of Morning Live when it first aired five years ago, and Helen joined him in 2023. She started the post around one year after splitting with Richie Myler, a now retired rugby league player, with whom she has three children.<\/p>\n

Chatter emerged Gethin and Helen’s friendship had become a relationship in May this year after the presenters were seen leaving the BAFTAs together. Though neither confirmed a relationship, they were spotted again with each other off-set several times in the spring. Similar gossip spread this week after the pictures at the Daily Mirror Pride of Britain event<\/a>, which the stars reportedly left within minutes of each other.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Frequent Ryanair flyer turns heartbreak into comedy with ingenious tattoo fix<\/a>\"HelenThey became friends on Morning Live(Image: BBC)<\/p>\n

Yet Gethin, who in 2011 split from fellow Welsh star opera singer Katherine Jenkins, nor Helen have confirmed or denied whether or not they are together now.<\/p>\n

It is thought when Helen, a former Blue Peter host, was brought in to join Gethin on Morning Live the BBC hoped the pair would build a strong rapport to continue its success in its timeslot.<\/p>\n

When Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan<\/a> were chosen to launch This Morning<\/a> on ITV<\/a> in 1998, it quickly became a success and, though the pair were long married by then, it is believed their strong charisma together drew in the viewers. The BBC, it is understood, felt that a similar onscreen chemistry was exactly what it needed to win the daytime ratings war in 2023 – and it was undoubtedly worked onscreen.<\/p>\n

Chatter remains whether that move has seen things blossom off it too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Helen Skelton and Gethin Jones looked cosy together as they posed for photographs on the Daily Mirror Pride…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":217326,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[243,96,59,32307,53069,89283,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-217325","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-bbc","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-gb","11":"tag-gethin-jones","12":"tag-helen-skelton","13":"tag-morning-live","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}