Why did Joe Lycett walk off on Stephs Packed Lunch?
VIEWERS were left confused after Joe Lycett stormed off the set of Steph's Packed Lunch. But why did The Great British Sewing Bee presenter walked off without warning on this Thursday, July 1, 2021. Joe Lycett was the guest on Channel 4 show Steph's Packed Lunch when he made a quick exit. Steph McGovern was presenting a segment about transforming one's garden into the Love Island villa with Interior Design Masters runner-up Siobhan Murphy when Joe stormed off. Joe not only walked out on the host but also on fellow guests, Denise Van Outen and Simon Rimmer. His baffling early exit came after a joke was made about a photo of him. Steph and Joe had been discussing how he had stopped using single-use plastic in order to help the environment. 5 Joe Lycett was Steph McGovern's guest Credit: BBC  But when a picture of Joe popped up on screens, Steph joked that she could see plastic bottles behind her guest. She said: "Isn't that one of the bottles you said you'd stopped using in the picture?" To which Joe responded: "I didn't realise I was on Newsnight, Steph." Steph then let out an awkward laugh before announcing a break. And although she told viewers Joe would stay on her set following the break, cameras caught the comedian whipping his microphone off before walking out, obviously annoyed. When the show returned, Steph could only manage to explain that Joe "had to leave", without any further explanation. Many Twitter users were left questioning whether this was a staged walk-off. One said: "I still can't work out whether Joe Lycett was jokingly walked off camera or if he didn't realise he was in shot... surely that wasn't a genuine strop?" There didn't appear to be a massive gap in the rest of the programme"  And we now have the answer, as Joe has responded saying the drama was "all a joke". Sharing a photo of himself in his garden, Joe wrote: "STATEMENT: Some of you mightve seen or read that I had a tantrum on Stephs Packed Lunch yesterday and stormed off the show. "This is absolutely true. What you might not know is: I planned the whole thing." 5 Joe Lycett revealed his storming off was a stunt Credit: instagram  He went on to explain that the picture of him the offending plastic bottle was a set-up to raise awareness. And his "tantrum" seems to have worked as he said: "All of it was planned, all of it rehearsed. "Today I seeded pictures of me drinking from one of these bottles which Greg James agreed to retweet. The tabloids loved it - Mummys all over the press!" A former champion Irish dancer, Steph is a TV presenter and journalist hailing from Middlesbrough. First set to become an engineer, Steph did work experience in the Tomorrow's World programme on the BBC and secured a part-time job as a researcher in current affairs. After being a producer for Radio 4 and BBC's news bulletins, she presented Radio 5 Live's Wake Up To Money and Pocket to Money on CBBC. Since 2016, Steph is a familiar face on BBC One as the host for Shop Well for Less, the six-part series Made in Great Britain, Can Britain Have a Pay Rise?, alongside Jame O'Brien, and Have I Got News for You. Her collaboration with the BBC ended in October 2019, when she joined Channel 4. In Spring 2020, she was set to host her new show Steph's Talks but the Covid pandemic forced her to present The Steph Show from her front room. As of September 2020, the show is now known as Steph's Packed Lunch.