Lewis Slams BAFTAs: Three Hours, No Break!

moaned about the three-hour long TV  ceremony with no break on social media on Sunday as he revealed he had snuck his own snacks in.

The TV financial expert, 54, complained he had 'no signal' to use his phone during the awards and revealed the food he'd brought into the Royal Festival Hall.

Martin explained that halfway through the bash he tucked into 'popchips, Maltesers and a banana' while sat in the star-studded audience. 

Posing for a selfie from his seat with glamorous wife Lara Lewington, Martin wrote: 'Halfway through the #Baftas, great fun but a three-hour record, no break. 

'Very glad I snuck in popchips, Maltesers and a banana. No idea when this will send though. No signal.'

Despite there not being any breaks during the BAFTA Awards, Martin seemed happier than ever as he received the honour in recognition of his 'extraordinary and lasting impact on British consumers and public life'.

The ITV star tearfully recalled his mother Susan, who died in a car accident just days before his 12th birthday as he received the special gong. 

He started off his acceptance speech by joking that his ITV show is 'mainly a PowerPoint presentation with a Q&A after'.

But getting serious, he continued: 'I wrote this on Thursday, 42 years to the day since we suddenly lost my mum just before I was 12. My childhood was over.

'For six years, I barely left the house and now I'm picking up a BAFTA. 

'So to all those of you out there struggling with your own demons, know this – life can be transformed. It can get better. If you told that broken, scared boy I'd be a campaign journalist, his jaw would have dropped.'

Addressing his wife, who was in the audience, Martin continued: 'Happy birthday today, Lara. Sorry I stole your birthday.' 

He concluded: 'It is time for this nerd to party.'

Fans took to social media to praise Martin for his well deserved award while others described his emotional speech as 'very moving'.  

Martin first publicly discussed his mother's death in 2018, revealing during an interview on BBC 5Live that he 'cried every day' afterwards, until he was 15.

He later said on Desert Island Discs: 'My mum was there one day and she wasn't the next and that was it. 

'This was 1984 and you didn't have counselling. My childhood ended that day and I am still not over it. 

'I never left the house, couldn't leave the house. Because I wasn't at home when it happened to my mum and I couldn't cope with the thought of leaving the house because something else could happen.'