Sarah, 58 – who was filling in for Holly Willoughby, 36, and Phillip Schofield, 55, alongside Rylan Clark-Neal, 28 – opened the chat, which was focused around Rick’s relationship with his “pet” shark, by saying “g’day”.
Later on in the interview, she then went on to struggle to contain her laughter as she and Rylan quizzed Rick about possible names for his BFF, who still lives in the ocean.
However, she ended up a giggling mess and hiding behind Rylan as she suggested the animal should be called Sheila – which, again, didn’t go down well at all with the people at home.
Viewers immediately took to Twitter to voice their opinions on the whole thing, with one person raging: “Sarah Greene was so disrespectful and crass with her ‘Gud Day’ greeting to Rick #getanotherpresenter (sic).”
“Utterly rude and sniggering like a little school girl! Needs to grow up!!” a second slammed.
A third then blasted in response to the above: “I thought so too with her ‘g’day’ and ‘call her Sheila’.”
Yet another social networker shared: “@thismorning any chance Sarah Greene could grow up and at least pretend to be professional? She’s a total embarrassment. #thismorning.”
While yet another person commented: “@thismorning omg how offensive was @RealSarahGreene to the Australian guy?”
The negative comments didn’t end there, with a different fan of the show slamming: “@thismorning please get Sarah Greene off the TV she’s an idiot!!”
Despite the above, others found the interview hilarious, with one tweeting: “Love @Rylan and @RealSarahGreene on @thismorning. The shark interview was so funny. #namethatshark my name suggestion is Matilda xx.”
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