BBC Breakfast viewers were left in hysterics over Jon Kay's reaction as he was awkwardly interrupted.16:15, 21 Jul 2026BBC Breakfast presenter Jon Kay has been hailed “utterly brilliant” for his reaction to a moment outside Downing Street.‌Stepping away from the red sofa for the programme on Monday, July 20, Jon was reporting live ahead of Andy Burnham being announced as the new Prime Minister.‌The former Greater Manchester mayor has replaced Sir Keir Starmer after winning the backing of 379 of Labour’s 403 MPs.‌While news channels all focused on what was happening outside Downing Street, providing political analysis to those watching at home, Jon was distracted by an old friend.He had been speaking to BBC News’ political editor Chris Mason, when someone walked in front of the camera to shake his hand.Content cannot be displayed without consent‌Jon politely shook back before turning around again and pulling an awkward face.He then shared the moment on social media, writing: “When an old mate spots you in Downing Street - and doesn’t realise you’re live on @bbcbreakfast.”As his fellow BBC colleagues Gethin Jones, Nikki Fox and Ricky Boleto reacted with laughter in the comments, one person said: “Utterly brilliant.”‌Another wrote: “The best moment of the morning!! It made my day,” as someone else said: “You styled it out perfectly Jon!! Very funny.”Yet another wrote: “That was hilarious - loved it ! Your face and Chris just carried on.”‌Someone else added: “This was hilarious @jonkay01 you really do bring being human to journalism!”Jon had earlier shared an update with his followers, as he took a video outside Downing Street.He said: “Hello from Downing Street in Westminster where we’re about to see the handover in power.‌“Sir Keir Starmer will hand in his resignation to the King today, and Andy Burnham will become the UK’s new Prime Minister.“So let me just show you what I can see from where I’m standing here, covering this event for BBC Breakfast.”‌Jon then panned his camera around to show the autocue and monitor, showing what was airing on the show live, as well as the production crew with him.“Look how many other media are here, we’ve got Sky News as our next door neighbours, GB News is a bit further over there,” he went on.Article continues belowHe added: “The sun is coming through which is good because it’s been really quite chilly here this morning.“Busy day ahead, and I’ve just been thinking, I’ve been doing the job presenting BBC Breakfast for four years, exactly four years and this is my fifth Prime Minister.”BBC Breakfast airs daily from 6am on BBC One and iPlayer.