Lorraine Kelly takes a savage swipe at her ITV colleague Richard Madeley as she hosts Have I Got News For You

Lorraine Kelly took a savage swipe at her ITV colleague Richard Madeley while on BBC quiz show Have I Got News For You.

The chat show host, 64, joined comedian team captains Paul Merton and Ian Hislop along with comedian Maisie Adam and journalist Matt Chorley. 

While showing humours news clips, Lorraine read on the autocue: ‘In other news, Rachel Reeves has been accused of lying on her CV.

‘But we’ve all done that, haven’t we, for work purposes. For years I’ve claimed to be friends with Richard Madeley.’

The gag prompted laughter from the audience and the team of panellists. 

Lorraine presents her own chat show at 9am while Richard is a regular presenter on Good Morning Britain which airs just before. 

During the show, she joked: ‘For years I’ve claimed to be friends with Richard Madeley’

It comes after claims that Lorraine and Susanna Reid have reportedly been left fuming that ITV bosses are steering A-list guests to This Morning amid the show’s plummeting ratings.

According to The Sun Susanna, 53, and Lorraine have both ‘been vocal’ claiming they are missing out on interviewing top names.

This Morning, which unveiled new presenters Cat Deeley, 47, and Ben Shephard, 49, in March, has interviewed the likes of Ryan Gosling, Meghan Trainor and Steve Carrell in recent months. 

A source claimed there was infighting between the production crews, telling the publication: ‘Susanna has been vocal about wanting bigger names and is frustrated they’re going elsewhere’.

‘Lorraine has voiced the same view’.

Before adding: ‘It feels like big stars are being shipped to This Morning to try and pull them out of a hole.’

MailOnline have contacted Lorraine and Susanna’s reps as well as ITV for comment. 

In May This Morning was reportedly in crisis after ‘viewing figures plummeted by half’.

Lorraine and Susanna Reid (pictured) have reportedly been left fuming that ITV bosses are steering A-list guests to This Morning amid the show’s plummeting ratings

This Morning, which unveiled new presenters Cat Deeley (L) and Ben Shephard (R) in March, has interviewed A-listers in recent months (pictured with guest Chaka Khan)

Since the new hosts took over Holly Willoughby, 43, and Phillip Schofields, 62, slot, half a million viewers have stopped tuning into the ITV Daytime show.

With over a million viewers watching Ben and Cat’s first day back in March, two months later figures currently stand at less than 500,000 – a dramatic drop.

This Morning’s rival BBC Morning Live is reportedly raking in between one million to 1.4million views.