Lorraine hit by a string of blunders as Matt Willis is left stuck in traffic and Jason Manford’s WiFi drops

TODAY’S episode of Lorraine was thrown into chaos as not one but TWO guest interviews were derailed by errors.

Firstly Busted’s Matt Willis was forced to miss his studio slot after getting stuck in a traffic jam, before Jason Manford‘s WiFi went down as he was about to chat to host Lorraine Kelly.

First introducing Matt to the show, Lorraine explained to viewers that they would be conducting their interview from the back of his taxi after the star got stuck in traffic in North London.

The singer, 38, had been travelling to the studio to have an in-person chat with the Scottish presenter when his car came to a stand-still for over an hour.

She began: “Now he [Matt] was supposed to be here sitting beside me but he’s actually stuck in traffic the poor wee soul.

“Matt where are you? Are you close?”

Speaking from the car, Matt said: “This is not quite the morning I had expected.

“I am in North London somewhere by Brent Cross, basically they’ve shut the North Circular so we’ve been in gridlock traffic for about an hour.”

Ever the professional, Lorraine ploughed on with the interview as Matt promoted his run in the national tour of Waitress alongside X Factor star Lucie Jones.

Matt, who is scheduled to perform in Bromley later today, told Lorraine that he may have to change his travel plans.

He said: “If push comes to shove, there’s Collindale train station. I’ve already checked it and it’s about a 15 minute walk and I’ll get home and drive to Bromley.”

Laughing at the calamity, Lorraine said: “Well I hope you get to the performance tonight my love.”

And while the host no doubt hoped this was the last of her issues, the show was then hit with a technical blunder with her next guest, comedian and Starstruck judge Jason Manford.

Just as she was about to introduce the star to the show, she was left apologising to viewers once again when comedian Jason was unable to be connected due to WiFi issues.

“Well Jason Manford is supposed to be joining me now but it’s one of those days,” she said.

“We had him like a second ago and of course the interweb broke so we haven’t got him anymore.

“Sorry – we had Matt Willis in a car because he got stuck in traffic. This is what happens on live telly will shall endeavour to get our Jason back”.

After managing to reconnect to the chat, the comedian said with relief: “There we go. Oh what a nightmare. I don’t know what’s happened this morning.”

The blunders didn’t go unnoticed by viewers who took to Twitter to comment on the chaos.

Referring to Matt’s traffic jam, one viewer penned: “Geezer should’ve just stayed in bed and done the call from there ffs! 🙄 #mattwillis #lorraine”.

“Who is Matt Willis and why is he sat in the back of his car? #lorraine,” another cheekily wrote.