Susanna Reid forced to make huge change as she returns to Good Morning Britain

Susanna Reid has made her long awaited return to Good Morning Britain today.

The ITV star appeared back alongside Ed Balls on the ITV breakfast show this morning after being off for a few days. She didn't appear on the show last Wednesday, the morning after the National Television Awards and also failed to show up Monday morning too.

Susanna usually works between Mondays and Wednesday in school term times, but she had lost her voice last week and was unable to front the show. She kept fans updated, revealing she could barely get a word out but is since sounding a lot better.

Speaking on the show today as she made her long awaited return to the ITV breakfast show, she said: "I felt like I'd been vaping. I sounded like I'd been smoking 20 a day. It's so frustrating. I think I sound like Holly, you know she's got that little catch in her voice, which is so appealing. But about two days ago, I sounded like I had Holly but with bronchitis.

"I had no voice at all on Saturday night and I don't really understand what's gone wrong. I felt mildly ill, nothing you wouldn't work through. If everyone stayed off when they had the mild sniffles then work wouldn't get done."

She saw a specialist yesterday, who has revealed to her why she might have lost her voice. She explained: "Funny enough, last week, I joked with Laura that it was about the hot weather, and all the climate trolls came out and said I can't believe you're taking it that far. Actually, I saw a specialist yesterday who said that maybe because of the hot weather, I didn't stay hydrated enough."

However, one of the specialist's suggestions has left Susanna annoyed - and joked it's made her mornings less "enjoyable".

"I've got to switch my normal coffee for a peppermint tea, so life's become a little less enjoyable for me and everyone around me. As you may have realised in the meeting Ed, because me without coffee at five in the morning is a different beast," she said.

Ed then said he did notice a change, as he joked with Susanna: "You were on a scale of your normal grumpiness, you were slightly more grumpy than usual but it was within a range that was both manageable and discernible."