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Boris Johnson will be interviewed on Good Morning Britain on Tuesday which will be his first appearance on the programme in five years after he previously hid in a fridge to duck questions.

For the interview, the prime minister has agreed to come face to face with presenter Susanna Reid at 10 Downing Street for his long-anticipated appearance on GMB.

"We’re actually going to be hearing from him, for once, tomorrow," host Kate Garraway said and informed viewers that it's been “1,790 days, nearly five years, since he [Johnson] last spoke to this show”.

Over the years, Reid and former co-host Piers Morgan - known for their no-nonsense questioning of the government - berated Johnson for purposely snubbing the programme.

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Most infamously, in 2019 during general election campaigning the prime minister avoided questions from both presenters and news correspondent Jonathan Swain on location, he resorted to running away and even appeared to hide in a fridge as he visited West Yorkshire dairy business, Modern Milkman.

Despite Conservative sources at the time insisting that Johnson was “categorically not hiding" in the fridge and instead said was being prepared by aides for a separate, pre-agreed interview, the internet had a field day with the footage nonetheless.

In January this year, Reid reflected on (and mocked) the memorable moment from the show: "It’s still etched in my memory. I think we need to go back up to check that he’s still not in there!"

It was back in 2017 when Johnson was the foreign secretary that he was interviewed on GMB - and things have certainly changed since then.

Tomorrow @susannareid100 will be interviewing Prime Minister Boris Johnson live from Downing Street.\n\nWatch GMB https://daytimelink.itv.com/GMB\u00a0pic.twitter.com/uURL0lTgcl
— Good Morning Britain (@Good Morning Britain) 1651470538

Piers Morgan has reacted to the news, jokingly tweeting: "He's out of the fridge!" and the broadcaster who has recently joined TalkTV also added in an interview offer: "If you're doing the rounds @BorisJohnson - you know where to find me."

He\u2019s out of the fridge! \nIf you\u2019re doing the rounds @BorisJohnson - you know where to find me.https://twitter.com/gmb/status/1521003796821909505\u00a0\u2026
— Piers Morgan (@Piers Morgan) 1651472581

The past few years have been eventful with the 2019 general election, followed by the Covid pandemic, along with Partygate, viewers of the programme are keen for Reid to put Johnson in the hot seat and hold him accountable.

Alistair Campbell had a Twitter thread full of questions to put to Johnson, one of them included: "Ask him to mark himself out of ten on each of Honesty, Objectivity, Openness, Selflessness, Integrity, Accountability and Leadership."

Getting good briefing from the viewers in replies. One from me. Ask him to mark himself out of ten on each of Honesty, Objectivity, Openness, Selflessness, Integrity, Accountability and Leadership. Ask him Re the soaring use of foodbanks (doubled in our area in recent months) 1/3https://twitter.com/susannareid100/status/1521024148985847808\u00a0\u2026
— ALASTAIR CAMPBELL (@ALASTAIR CAMPBELL) 1651489244

Please don\u2019t go soft on him.\n\nMany things need to be asked and answered:\n\n- Atrocious living wage.\n- Bedroom tax being scrapped.\n- Holding energy companies accountable for high bills.\n- NHS rebuilding and funding.\n- Helping working families.\n- Better social care.
— Patrick Fox (@Patrick Fox) 1651478061

You have a chance to hold him accountable for his actions.
— McLargeHuge (@McLargeHuge) 1651495375

Here's a good starting point for discussion.\nMake sure he can't hide in your fridge.https://twitter.com/PeterStefanovi2/status/1459541907772780546?t=EdK8Ngh86rRqYyUSaUuIgg&s=19\u00a0\u2026
— Mark (@Mark) 1651489174

Funny how he reappears two days before an election. She better skewer him. And at the first lie the interview should be terminated and the viewers told why.
— Alfiepooch89 \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\udf3b #FBPE #FBPR (@Alfiepooch89 \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\udf3b #FBPE #FBPR) 1651473692

Some couldn't help but notice the timing of Johnson breaking his GMB boycott with the local elections taking place across the UK in a few days on May 5.

One has to wonder why the PM is breaking his ban on @GMB two days before local elections\u2026https://twitter.com/susannareid100/status/1521024148985847808\u00a0\u2026
— CazzaW (@CazzaW) 1651505748

So when it benefits him with elections coming up he finally decides to go on your show. Make it hell for him. Talk about \nPartygate \nCost of living \nMisleading the house\nAnd of course all the lies he tells which twitter won't give me enough space to write them allhttps://twitter.com/susannareid100/status/1521024148985847808\u00a0\u2026
— \ue335Seanicus\ue335Art\ue335 (@\ue335Seanicus\ue335Art\ue335) 1651497740

This sounds suspiciously like a free plug for the tories two days before the local elections.https://twitter.com/susannareid100/status/1521024148985847808\u00a0\u2026
— John Waters (@John Waters) 1651487815

While others joked that there will be a fridge on standby for Johnson if the questions become too challenging.

Have they got a fridge on stand by
— Gareth Thomas (@Gareth Thomas) 1651503509

Big fridge on standby.
— Stuart Mudd (@Stuart Mudd) 1651483033

From inside the fridge?
— Salvo Montalbano (@Salvo Montalbano) 1651493949

Lock the fridges!
— Kully Samrah (@Kully Samrah) 1651504059

Watch Susanna Reid's interview with Boris Johnson tomorrow (May 3rd) on ITV's Good Morning Britain at 6am.

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