BBC Breakfast viewers saying same thing as Naga Munchetty’s absence continues

Naga Munchetty was additionally lacking from her typical spot on the BBC Breakfast couch this week – and her absence didn't go unnoticed by viewers.

The journalist often seems on the present with Charlie Stayt from Thursday to Saturday, however was absent from each final week's and this week's exhibits.

Enterprise presenter Nina Warhurst was filling in for Naga and on Thursday she hosted the present solo from the Salford studios whereas Charlie reported on the overall election announcement from Downing Road in London.

Followers on social media have been asking about Naga and are lacking seeing him on display screen. One individual wrote: “@TVNaga01 are you okay? We miss you on our TV screens early within the morning,” whereas one other requested: “Has anybody seen Naga Munchetty? I believe I'm actually lacking him right this moment.”

A 3rd individual wrote, “@TVNaga01 don’t such as you being away. I miss you. Hope you might be effectively.,

Listeners of the BBC Radio 5 Stay present may also miss Naga as she has missed the final 4 exhibits. Naga, 49, often hosts the present each Monday to Wednesday from 11am to 1pm.

Although there was no touch upon Naga's absence from the present, it’s doable that she is taking a well-earned break from work.

In a latest interview Naga detailed his morning routine earlier than internet hosting BBC Breakfast, together with his “stupidly early” alarm which works off at 3.45am and he needs to be on the MediaCity studios by 4.50am.

“Three days every week I stand up stupidly early,” she wrote. many times,My first alarm goes off at 3.45am and I’m on the BBC Breakfast studios by 4.50am. On radio days I’m naturally up at 5.45am, however I’m actually unhealthy at mendacity.”

Regardless of her early begin, Naga mentioned she is grateful for her working hours. “It’s my privilege that I don’t need to work from 9 to five – I can’t focus, I’m a goldfish,” the broadcaster defined. “As quickly because the present is over, it’s gone. I can meet a pal for lunch – I like an enormous meal in the midst of the day. Or end my buying. And if my physique wants a nap I prefer to nap. I can sleep at any time, anyplace, anyplace, with out worry or disgrace. I name it my superpower.”

Naga’s absence from work started a 12 months in the past, when she was first recognized with a situation referred to as adenomyosis, a debilitating illness during which the liner of the uterus grows into the muscle of the uterus.

Throughout an episode of her 5 Stay present, Naga informed her listeners: “Proper now as I'm sitting right here and speaking to you: I'm in ache. Fixed, fixed ache. In my uterus. Round my pelvis. Typically it goes down my thighs. And I’ve some degree of ache all through the present and the remainder of the day till I fall asleep.” Watch what she mentioned within the video beneath.

In October final 12 months, Naga spoke to members of Parliament's Ladies and Equalities Choose Committee about her state of affairs, saying she was at all times suggested by medical doctors to “bear it” regardless of the insufferable ache and heavy bleeding she skilled throughout her intervals.

Naga opted for personal therapy and informed MPs that this was the “solely alternative” she felt she may “search clarification” from her gynaecologist and that she wouldn’t thoughts “taking greater than 10 minutes of her physician’s time as a result of there was a queue of individuals within the ready room.”