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GB News star Patrick Christys opens up on forehead bruise before going live on air

GB News presenter Patrick Christys has been left with a heart-shaped bruise on his forehead after a parenting mishap just hours before he was due to go live on air

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The broadcaster joked he'd have to apply 'thick' makeup to cover-up (Image: X/ Twitter)

GB News' Patrick Christys endured a major mishap, which left him sporting a massive bruise on his forehead just hours before broadcasting live on air. On Tuesday (July 21), the father-of-one turned to X - formerly known as Twitter - to reveal the amusing reality of being a new parent to his devoted followers online.

He detailed how mucking about with his young son resulted in an unexpected bruise, forcing him to spend extra time in the makeup chair.

The 34 year old host, who is wed to his co-presenter Emily Carver, had fans in hysterics as he posted a picture of a green suction toy alongside a selfie showing his purple heart-shaped mark. He wrote: "I realised I could make my 10-month-old son laugh if I stuck a green toy to my head and then ripped it off.

[Patrick Christys suffered major facial bruises hours before going live on air]

Patrick Christys suffered facial bruises hours before going live on air(Image: GB News)

"Did it solidly for about five minutes... then I looked in the mirror. Probably worth it for the giggles, but I'm going to have to lay the makeup on thick tonight on GB News."

It wasn't long before viewers rushed to the comments section to mock his mishap online, reports the Express.

One user wrote: "I'm tuning in just to see the blob on your forehead. Oh, the conversations that's going to be had with you trying to explain that one hahahahahaha."

Another commented: "Parenting successful. Just continue to do random humiliating things for him for the next 15 years, and you're sorted lol."

A third disclosed: "I did the same thing over 30 years ago with a pump sucker from a pair of Reebok trainers. Never lived it down! You'll be using concealer for the next week [cry-laughing emoji]."

This follows the presenter challenging a small-boat migrant during a live broadcast as he grilled them about their motivation for relocating to Britain. The television host encountered one of the migrants who completed the perilous journey across the English Channel on his late-night television show.

He informed the presenter: "When we reached England, the English police came and got us, and we went to a hotel in London and spent around one or two weeks in that place, and then there were one or two weeks in the camp."

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Christys is a regular on the morning show(Image: GB News)

When questioned about his initial impression of British life, he enthused: "I like it very much. They are helping us; they provide everything that we need. It is a really good area, but unfortunately, some small people don't like us. We are very happy we are here.

"My first decision was the UK, the UK government, the language is really good, and also I'm a professional MMA fighter, and in this country I have a lot of chances to improve myself and improve my abilities."

Supporters quickly turned to social media to express their annoyance about the increasing influx of immigrants into the UK. One user wrote: "Absolute joke, imagine breaking into a country illegally and getting treated like royalty."

Another concurred: "Just giving away houses to people that arrive here illegally is just outrageous. We really are being taken for mugs."

A third joined in with: "This has left me raging. Shabana Mahmood, Keir Starmer and the Labour Government, you have betrayed the people you serve in the worst possible way; you all belong in jail."

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