Sarah Greene jokes that Rylan ‘saved her life’ after he woke her up when she’d nodded off in the bath

SARAH Greene joked that Rylan Clark-Neal "saved her life" last night after he woke her up when she'd fallen asleep in the bath.

The 59-year-old TV icon was having a bath ahead of her This Morning comeback today when she nodded off.

Telling viewers what had happened, Rylan, 28, said: "Get a hold of this papers, I saved Sarah Greene's life last night, didn't I?”

Sarah explained: "What happened was, I was having a bath quite late last night and I fell fast asleep.

"I suddenly heard the sign that a text had come in from my phone which was the other side of the bathroom, and it woke me up with a start.

"I thought, 'Oh my goodness, I was about to disappear under the water!'”

“We could have lost her,” chipped in Rylan.

Sarah continued: "I leapt out of the water to see who it was and it was Rylan saying, 'Are you awake darling?'”

She added: "Yes, I was awake, and only just alive, thanks to you!"

Rylan: “She could have had a foamy end, but with some lovely sea salts.”

Death scares aside, viewers have been hailing Sarah’s triumphant return to daytime telly.

She used to host Going Live with Phillip Schofield in the 1980s, and fans were delighted to see her back.

One wrote: “OMG #SarahGreene on the TV again !! 😘 she's great xx #ThisMorning @thismorning”

While scores of others were in shock over how little she’s aged, with many echoing this sentiment: “Sarah Greene looks amazing can't believe shes 59 years old #ThisMorning”

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