SUSANNA REID, the BBC Breakfast presenter, has accused viewers of over-reacting to sightings of her cleavage. Her early morning wardrobe choices have made her a favourite with male viewers and numerous tribute videos have begun cropping up on YouTube, reports the UK's Daily Telegraph.

However, when Reid showed a hint of cleavage during an interview with actor Hugh Grant, viewers complained to BBC's Points of View. The presenter has hit back at the comments, telling the Radio Times, "People seem to be shocked that women have breasts. There'll be complaints about the fact that there is literally a shadow showing", adding, "People are always going to talk about what women wear on TV. It's a fact of life.The rest of the time it's jeans and scruffy T-shirts. I don't dress up and I don't wear make-up". Reid will be seen on screen more from the spring, when she replaces SIAN WILLIAMS as the full-time co-host of BBC Breakfast. Williams turned down the move to Salford for family reasons, but her replacement Reid suggests she will only commute to the north, saying, "I'll go Sunday night, work on Monday, come back Monday morning, stay [home] Monday afternoon, go back Monday night. I'm not a very good planner but that means I'm not a big panicker because I don't worry what's going to happen, I just hope it works out".

The breakfast slot requires Reid to get up at 3.30am each day, but the presenter says being a mother has prepared her for early starts, saying, "It doesn't feel that much of a wrench, because I started this job after I'd had my first baby. So it felt perfectly natural to be getting out of bed at all times of night. This is just another breastfeed".