Susanna Reid left in stitches on GMB as Ed Balls reveals the reason his wife Yvette Cooper immediately returned a Christmas present he bought her
Susanna Reid left in stitches on GMB as Ed Balls reveals the reason his wife Yvette Cooper immediately returned a Christmas present he bought her
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Ed Balls revealed he once bought his wife, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper, a size 16 dress for Christmas. The former Labour Cabinet minister, 57, left co-presenter Susanna Reid in stitches, on Good Morning Britain after he revealed he bought his slender wife, 55, the frock which was much too big for her, after he guessed her dress size.
![[Ed revealed he once bought his wife Home Secretary Yvette Cooper a size 16 dress for Christmas but she asked for the receipt]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/11/27/08/92534459-14131299-image-a-2_1732697275384.jpg)
The comical moment came after newsreader Charlotte Hawkins revealed a survey said a third of people claim to love gifts they actually hate. Sharing his own experience, she said: 'I bought Yvette a dress once and she looked at me and said ''honestly have you got the receipt? I'm taking it straight back'.'.
![[Sharing his own experience, she said: 'I bought Yvette a dress once and she looked at me and said ''honestly have you got the receipt? I'm taking it straight back']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/11/27/08/92534561-14131299-Sharing_his_own_experience_she_said_I_bought_Yvette_a_dress_once-a-7_1732697499506.jpg)
'She said 'thanks for the thought but frankly I am never wearing that, I will have the receipt and I'll take it back'. It was my best effort, it didn't take me too long to be honest. Susanna quipped: 'Christmas must be fun at your house... was it the style or the size that you got really badly wrong?'.
![[Ed and Yvette Cooper outside their home in London in 2016]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/11/27/08/92534455-14131299-image-m-5_1732697401505.jpg)
To which Ed replied: 'The size was 14 or 16 I can't remember, I gambled on the size.'. Susanna added: 'Yes you did, you really did from what I know of Yvette.'. Ed Balls, 57, left co-presenter Susanna Reid speechless on Good Morning Britain after he revealed he bought he slender wife Yvette Cooper, 55, a size 16 dress after he guessed her size.
![[Ed Balls left co-presenter Susanna Reid to ask the questions during the Home Secretary's appearance]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/11/27/08/91639461-14131299-Ed_Balls_left_co_presenter_Susanna_Reid_to_ask_the_questions_dur-a-8_1732697600720.jpg)
Elsewhere Susanna said she would be 'grateful' for any gift given to her, saying it's 'really weird' to be ungrateful. She said: 'I think it's strange to say to someone 'I don't like it', if someone has given you a gift it shows they have been thoughtful.'.
