Why did Joe Lycett walk off Stephs Packed Lunch?
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video  Stephs Packed Lunch viewers were baffled when Joe Lycett walked off set on Thursdays show. The comedian appeared on yesterdays edition of the Channel 4 daytime talk show to discuss the benefits of hitting the gym to tackle poor sleep and how to brighten up your garden. However, things took a strange turn when Joe, 32, took off his mic and walked off set after Steph McGovern made a joke about him using a plastic bottle. The incident stems from an awkward comment about single-use white plastic. Earlier in the show, Joe quipped that he had stopped using single-use plastic to help the environment, and the comment came back to bite him when a photo of him hanging out in his revamped garden was shown. After Joe joked that he decorated with a single candle, rather than a Love Island style fire pit, Steph said: Isnt that one of the bottles you said you stopped using, in the picture?  Joe seemed peeved about the joke (Picture: Channel 4)  There was an awkward pause before The Great British Sewing Bee host said: I didnt realise I was on Newsnight, Steph.  The crew laughed, and Steph continued to say: Joe Lycett is sticking around, hell be telling us what he thinks of the idea of hitting the gym when youve missed out on a good nights sleep.  However, when the camera cut to Joe, he was already removing his mic pack, and didnt look too impressed as he walked off set. The star has now explained that the stunt was planned to bring awareness to the issue of white PET plastic usage, particularly calling out drink brand Yop for using it. Sharing a picture of himself in his garden with the offending Yop bottle in the background, Joe wrote on Instagram: 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. Clear PET plastic bottles are widely recycled and contribute to the circular economy. If you put a clear PET plastic bottle in the recycling theres a good chance it will become another clear PET plastic bottle. Coloured and in particular white PET plastic bottles are much harder to recycle. I explained this on Thursdays show, but later a picture with a bottle (made with white PET plastic) appeared on screen. Steph pointed out my apparent hypocrisy and I KICKED OFF (by KICKED OFF I mean took my mic off and left the studio). 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! Yop. I risked my reputation as a jolly, affable and very-much-available chat show guest to say this as loud as I can: Yop, its time to stop using white PET plastic. What you sayin Yop?  Would you care to comment on this @joelycett?! Looks like Mummys in hot water! https://t.co/LZexcBTrUn  Greg James (@gregjames) July 2, 2021  Two hours before he released his statement, Radio 1 DJ Greg James did retweet a post about him swigging from a Yop bottle, joking that he was in hot water. Metro.co.uk has approached Lycetts rep for comment. MORE : BBC forced to defend changing schedule to Pointless fans after Christian Eriksen Euro 2020 collapse  MORE : Hollyoaks Stephanie Davis rushed to hospital as she tests positive for Covid-19