Kay Burley spoke for the first time today since being suspended by Sky News for breaching coronavirus rules, to say she will be on a celebrity edition of The Chase.
The 60-year-old newsreader, who returned to Britain after a holiday in South Africa last weekend, said she would be on the ITV quiz show on Christmas Day tomorrow.
She tweeted a clip from the episode, which saw her asked which was the first of Santa Claus s reindeer to be named in the poem Twas The Night Before Christmas .
Miss Burley had responded with Comet – which was wrong, with the actual answer being Dasher – and told host Bradley Walsh: I didn t know. Bah humbug.
Kay Burley will now have to go into quarantine after returning to the UK from South Africa just days ago.
Today Matt Hancock announced that a second mutated strain of coronavirus even more infectious than the one already wreaking havoc had originated in the country - and ordered anyone who had returned within the last fortnight to self-isolate.
The Sky News presenter, who is currently suspended on full pay for breaking Covid rules for her 60th birthday party, arrived back in the UK this weekend, meaning she will have to keep to herself over Christmas.
Mr Hancock said the discovery was highly concerning and revealed immediate restrictions were being imposed on travel to and from South Africa.