'Can you still afford me?': Kate Garraway deletes joke after boyfriend Liam Halligan is made redundant by the Telegraph

Halligan called himself 'extremely disappointed', noting he was the first in his family to attend university and the column had defined his career.

Garraway softened the joke in the same post, writing: 'I feel for you — I've come to know how much this column and its readers have meant to you.'

The post disappeared within hours of going online — Garraway herself accumulated £800,000 in debt during her late husband Derek Draper's illness.