The presenter, 42, can regularly be seen taking his seat on the famous red BBC Breakfast sofa alongside Louise Minchin, 50. However, it appears he and his colleagues spend so much time in their positions in front of the cameras it has caused some wear and tear to the set. Taking to Instagram, Dan Walker shared a series of close-up pictures of the sofa with his 69,000 followers. The snaps showed a distinct dent in the seat where it looked to have sagged and sunk, the upholstery frayed and thinning.
“If I look a bit smaller this morning it’s because of this,” he told fans.
“After seven years of ‘bums on seats’ I’m afraid to say the #BBCBreakfast sofa appears to have given up.
“Does anyone have a spare red one knocking about?” he asked.
Fans took flooded the comments section with remarks on Dan’s hilarious revelation, with one joking: “Oh dear Dan Walker what have you done. Maybe it’s Charlie Stayt should pitch in as well for a new sofa. Sofology do sofas in that colour red I think lol.”(sic)
“Ask The One Show for theirs,” another quipped, while a third wrote: “There must be a DFS sale near the studio.”
Luckily, the rest of the set still appears to be in good nick.
Dan has presented BBC Breakfast with Louise since he joined the line-up in 2016.
In a recent interview with The Mirror, Louise spilled all about more set secrets the fans couldn’t see on-screen.
“In the desk there is what we call the hub,” she said. “I have secret cereal hidden in the hub which I make the night before.”
The host also said she drinks a triple espresso every morning at 5.55am, just before the cameras start rolling.
Meanwhile, Dan opened up on the advice he predecessor Bill Turnbull, 63, gave him when he took over his place on the sofa.
“The only bit of advice Bill Turnbull gave me when I replaced him three years ago was, manage your sleep,” he said. “And, foolishly, I’ve entirely ignored Mr Turnbull.
“I sleep for about four-and-a-half hours for the first half of the week. Louise sleeps a lot more than me.
“I don’t know quit how, but I’ve managed to survive because, in my head, I always think, well, I’ve got some other days where I’ve been doing normal hours so I’ll just recover then,” he continued.
“Don’t tell my boss, but very rarely I do pull an all-nighter,” he admitted, saying he convinces himself he “[has] to do it for research purposes”.
Louise told the publication she hits the hay around 9pm or 9.30pm with her alarm set for 3.40am.
BBC Breakfast airs weekdays at 6am on BBC One.