‘The gift we didn’t know we needed’: Sunday Brunch viewers respond to ‘hilarious’ Tim Lovejoy fall

Co-host Simon Rimmer couldn’t help Lovejoy up due to social distancing

Tim Lovejoy left Sunday Brunch viewers in stitches after falling to the floor during the show’s opening segment.

The TV host took a tumble after jumping in the air while introducing himself in the first seconds of Sunday’s (7 June) show.

The moment prompted gasps from co-host Simon Rimmer and the show’s camera crew, with Rimmer helplessly commenting: “I can’t even help you up” due to social distancing.

Lovejoy later joked that the production team were being “disrespectful” in laughing as he was in “a little bit of pain” and thought that he might have twisted his ankle, but a tweet from the Sunday Brunch Twitter account confirmed that the presenter was OK.

Lovejoy’s fall had viewers at home cracking up laughing, with one resharing the clip and writing: “I don’t think that was part of the script ... Simon being the supportive friend and is now p***ing himself laughing.”

Another captioned the clip: “When you’re trying to stay positive but life has other plans.”

“This had seriously given me the giggles and I really needed something to cheer me up this morning. I’m sorry @timlovejoy,” one fan wrote, while another joked: “Tim Lovejoy stacking it on #SundayBrunch is the gift we didn’t know we needed.”

The Channel 4 show returned to the studio in May with strict social distancing measures in place, following a two month break due to the coronavirus lockdown.