BBC Breakfast's Charlie Stayt says 'this is not good' after health warning

BBC Breakfast presenters Charlie Stayt and Naga Munchetty were warned about their habits during an interview with Joe Wicks.

The Body Coach appeared on the red sofa today, Friday 5 September, to talk about his new animation, Activate, encouraging adults and children to get moving at home.

While sharing his advice on increasing activity and movement, Joe - who gained nationwide fame for his PE with Joe workout videos during the Covid-19 lockdowns - encouraged Charlie and Naga to fit more movement into their own lives.

"Like when we did in lockdown, we moved for that half an hour in our living rooms and we all felt better afterwards, and it's trying to remember that," Joe had been saying.

"It's about not pushing pressure on yourself but giving yourself a chance to the daily things, whether it's a ten-minute walk or a five-minute Activate, it will make a difference to how you feel and the stress you feel in your mind."

Charlie then said: "Three-and-a-half hours we're sitting on the sofa, this is what we do everyday, this is not good."

Naga replied: "You can do other things, there are more than three-and-a-half hours in a day."

When Joe instead encouraged Charlie and Naga to try tomorrow morning by watching Activate on CBeebies, Charlie quipped he'd still be sitting on the sofa, vowing he'd watch it on iPlayer.

Elsewhere during his interview on BBC Breakfast, Joe addressed "misconceptions" about his own family's health.

The TV star shares four children with wife Rosie, who he married in 2019. They welcomed their first child in 2018, and now have four kids under the age of seven, with their youngest born in 2024.

Naga asked him: "Can you make some parents feel a bit better?" saying: "All I'm imagining is you in your home and your four children under the age of seven, who are all active and perfectly fit. Tell me it's not always easy."

Joe replied: "There's a misconception that my kids always want to eat healthy food, and always want to exercise. It's just not true.

"They very rarely want to move, I have to be the one that says let's go for a bike ride or let's go in the garden and do some exercise.

"With food as well, they'd rather eat fried chicken and chips and chocolate all day long.

"It's about creating opportunities and facilitating healthy food and exercise. It's not that my children want to be active, it's my responsibility."

BBC Breakfast airs from 6am on BBC One and iPlayer