Sally Nugent was left speechless as a protester interrupted a live BBC Breakfast segment.
The 52-year-old joined Jon Kay in the studio, where they spoke with BBC Money and Work correspondent Peter Ruddick, who was live from Manchester.
They had been reviewing recent HS2 developments, since the Prime Minister is planning to scrap the northern portion of the railway owing to rising costs.
However, the story was cut short when a ‘unwanted’ interruption led the camera to switch from Ruddick to Nugent.
Ruddick was saying: ‘From train strikes to delays, cancellations, passengers here are fairly used to uncertainty these days Jon.’
He went on to address some people supporting the scrapping of HS2, adding: ‘There are concerns about the cost, about delays to the project, and questions about the reported benefit of the scheme.
‘It does now seem increasingly likely…’
However, he wasn’t able to go on, as someone jumped into the camera shot directly beside him, yelling: ‘Slash the TV licence fee!’
The protester went on to brand the BBC ‘greedy’, pointing his finger directly down the camera, before the mic was cut off and viewers were taken straight back to Nugent in the studio.
She said: ‘Peter having a little bit of unwanted attention there, so let’s move on shall we.’
As she introduced the next live report, she added to political correspondent Henry Zeffman: ‘Morning Henry, hope it’s a little bit quieter where you are.’
However, fans at home were not ignored, with one writing: ‘Lmao, dude disrupts BBC Breakfast yelling to trash the BBC licence money.’
‘Love BBC Breakfast right now – have a look!’ commented another. “Slash the TV licence Fee” .’
This comes after BBC Breakfast host Nina Warhurst was challenged on-air earlier this year by an anti-licence charge protester.
She had been saying: ‘I’m treating myself to an ice cream cone shortly but Claire’s prices have gone up to £3.50 for a single cone and it’s not surprising really when you look at the overall inflation of food and ingredients.’
Someone in the background then started yelling, prompting Warhurst to back up.
While it was unclear what he was saying, the man was yelling ‘licencing fee’ at the camera and Warhurst.
‘Clearly there is a lot of demand for ice cream,’ Kay joked in the studio.
Nugent warned: ‘Don’t mess with our Nina.’