Susanna Reid 'obsessed' with her phone
Susanna Reid has admitted she is "obsessed" with her phone and regularly finds herself "lost in an algorithm".
Susanna Reid has been "battling against a phone addiction" and is "obsessed" with her device.
The Good Morning Britain presenter - who has three adult sons with former partner Dominic Cotton - doesn't think digital addiction is only a problem for Gen Z because she herself has got "lost in an algorithm" and has sympathy for others struggling to take a break from their screens.
Asked if she thinks the stereotypes about Gen Z such as being constantly online and militant about work-life balance are accurate, she told The Telegraph: “I don’t know about stereotypes.
“I mean, I definitely am guilty of being obsessed with my phone, lost in an algorithm, having to battle against a phone addiction, and being sucked into seeing certain things. So I sympathise with anyone who feels like that. That is a problem. But I think that’s something that crosses generations.”
Her co-host, Ed Balls, added: “I would say engagement with current affairs amongst that generation is high.
"They’re really interested in the world, and they’re worried about the world… and there are certain subjects where, I think [my children] are always slightly worried that I’m going to say the wrong thing, and they’re probably right.
“There’s a question mark and a worry, and I think the third thing is it’s hard for that generation in terms of jobs and wages and the housing market and having a fair chance to have a go in life”.
Susanna, 55, is used to early starts for GMB and admitted she has considered "raw dogging" it and not sleeping at all before she goes on air.
She said: "[I set three alarms for] 3.35, 3.40 and 3.45am, so I wake up at 3.35am and I get out of bed at 3.45am. Your body changes, doesn’t it? I used to not worry about it.
"Sometimes I’d go to bed at midnight and think ‘I’ll just raw dog it through the morning’. But actually, now, I’ll happily just go [to bed] at 7.30pm. I’m on a really good run of sleeping about five, six hours a night and then getting an extra hour nap during the day.”
Meanwhile, Ed received a "life-changing" gift at Christmas, which has helped smooth out his morning routine while he adjusted to his new regular Monday-Wednesday hosting slot on the show.
He said: “I got a teasmade, like my mum and dad used to have. So I make a cup of tea in the bedroom before I go downstairs and I then prime it again so it can go off at seven o’clock [for wife Yvette Cooper], while we’re doing the show.”
