Piers Morgan revealed that Sir Tom Moore jokingly asked for “six blondes” in his rider ahead of his appearance on Life Stories.
The 100-year-old World War II veteran, who won over the nation earlier this year when he raised £32 million for NHS charities by walking the length of his garden 100 times, joined Morgan for an episode of his interview series which is set to air on ITV this weekend.
The pair will look back at Sir Tom’s military career and his time in Burma during the war, as well as touching on his family life and his heroic fundraising efforts during lockdown.
Before a preview clip for the episode aired on Good Morning Britain on Wednesday morning, Morgan, 55, told his co-presenter Susanna Reid that the pair “spoke about what he ordered in his rider” for the show.
The teaser clip then saw Morgan read out a list of “a bottle of coke, a dairy milk chocolate bar and six blondes,” prompting Sir Tom to laugh: “That’s it. The number six is variable of course.”
Earlier this week, Morgan praised the “incredible” Sir Tom and promised that the episode of Life Stories would be “riveting viewing.”
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“What a story, what a life he has had – when I went to see him and we met for the first time he went, “Oh, you look younger in the flesh,’” the broadcaster said.
“He’s 100, he’s incredible. We did a two-hour interview with a little break in the middle, but he was absolutely on it the whole time and I think it’s going to be riveting viewing for people.”
Morgan also previously shared a photo of him posing with Sir Tom and his family ahead of filming the interview, describing him as “even more charming in real life.”
Piers Morgan’s Life Stories airs on Sunday at 8pm on ITV.