BBC forced to apologise after frosty Geri Horner interview with Naga Munchetty

An explosive BBC Breakfast interview didn't go quite according to plan when a "frosty" exchange led to Naga Munchetty asking former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell-Horner: "Do you not like being interviewed?" The BBC reportedly "apologised" to Geri after the tense interview, which saw her point at Naga and comment on her personal life while sharing lifestyle advice.

Naga also brought up Geri's ambition to get a degree at Oxford University, quizzing: "Do you think you'd be able to study well?" Geri enthusiastically responded that she felt she had more self-discipline now than she'd had in her younger years, but some viewers interpreted Naga's probing question as catty or a veiled insult about her intelligence. Geri had been on the show to promote her new book, Rosie Frost: Ice On Fire, which topped the Amazon bestseller charts earlier this year.

While discussing how to develop the drive needed to achieve goals, she pointed at Naga and told her: "First rule, have courage, take the chance you fear the most, which you did."

Her comments came days after Naga appeared before MPs to complain that doctors hadn't taken her excruciatingly painful uterus condition adenomyosis "seriously" enough and that it had taken decades before she got a diagnosis.

She also referenced and pointed at Naga's co-star Charlie Stayt as she revealed her second rule ("United we stand, we need each other") and her third and fourth ("Never give up, be of service, be useful. If you don't like these rules, make up your own.")

A bemused Naga exclaimed: "Do you know what? YYou're very interesting as an interviewee, making sure you've done your research on us."

Charlie then added that she was "pointing her fingers a lot", leading to Geri apologising and asking if she was being rude.

She also countered: "I like communication" after Naga bluntly asked: "Do you not like being interviewed?"

A source published in The Sun alleged: "Everyone noticed the interview was becoming quite awkward and then when Geri referenced Naga's life directly things got really frosty. Geri isn't used to that kind of approach and felt ambushed, it unnerved her.

"A few people apologised afterwards for Naga being a cow to her and then Geri made it clear she didn't want to be interviewed by them again in future."

However, when approached by Express, the BBC declined to comment.