BBC Breakfast star Naga Munchetty goes missing for second day in a row as she’s replaced by a familiar face

BBC Breakfast prima Naga Munchetty has gone missing for a 2nd time successful a enactment - and was replaced by a acquainted host.

It comes aft the BBC precocious revealed that Naga made £25,000 successful the period of June connected apical of her accustomed wage for presenting the meal show.

Naga, 49, and Charlie Stayt, 62, usually squad up to present BBC Breakfast from Thursday done to Saturday. 

However, she was obscurity to beryllium seen this greeting erstwhile a acquainted face, Nina Warhurst, 43, stepped up to assistance springiness the federation the latest quality headlines. 

She delivered quality connected a fig of topics, from the decease of nationalist treasure Maggie Smith to the instauration of banking hubs.

It’s unclear wherefore Naga wasn’t connected BBC Breakfast this morning, but the amusement is nary alien to hosting shake-ups arsenic presenters regularly swap successful for each other.

Nina usually appears connected BBC Breakfast arsenic a concern and user affairs reporter, but it’s not the archetypal clip she’s had to measurement up to co-present the greeting quality show. 

Recently she stepped successful doubly wrong 2 weeks to cover Sally Nugent earlier this month. Sally, 53, usually hosts the programme with John Kay, 54, connected Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays. 

While Naga was missed by fans, galore viewers were blessed to spot Nina get a accidental to present. 

“Absolute delight to spot the beauteous Nina Warhurst speechmaking the main news,” 1 instrumentality gushed on X, formerly Twitter.

"So beauteous to spot you rising successful the broadcasting ranks, Nina. You are perfectly my favourite presenter,” praised another.

Naga’s lack comes after the BBC revealed however overmuch the meal prima made on apical of her yearly £345,000 salary, which makes her 1 of the broadcaster’s highest-earning presenters.

She has antecedently spoken astir however she works hard for her wage and has to beryllium successful the BBC Breakfast workplace by 4.50am.

Presenters are besides allowed to prime up other net by being hired astatine after-dinner speeches, hosting Q&A sessions for firms, and handing retired gongs astatine firm bashes.

Staff disclose their other net to BBC bosses and the amounts are published by the corp nether transparency rules.

And the latest BBC External Events Register has shown that Naga was paid betwixt £5,000 and £10,000 for hosting a Veuve Cliquot awards ceremonial successful London connected 13 June.

On June 16, she was paid up to £5,000 for hosting an lawsuit for an organisation called Stardust.

Naga besides picked up betwixt £5,000 and £10,000 for being an interviewer for bundle steadfast NICE Systems connected 25 June.