Paul Henry makes a return to TV

"Strap in because Paul Henry's right here for all of it," warned Kanoa Lloyd at the beginning of last night's episode of The Project.

She wasn't kidding.

Things soon got weird when Henry showed up as a guest presenter on Three's new 7pm show last night, his first stint on television since he left his morning show Paul Henry at the end of last year.

It got awkward right from the start when Henry was asked if he'd missed his colleagues since leaving Three. "No," was his simple reply.

The show then moved on to a discussion about a beer-free beer festival when host Jesse Mulligan asked Henry: "Festival of pregnant mums, are we selling you on it at all Paul?

Henry smiled and replied: "Yeah, I'm in."

But he turned things up a notch when he called Green Party co-leader Metira Turia "foxy" during a live cross.

"I have a real soft spot for Metira," Henry said.

"I have always thought, and this has nothing to do with her politics, but I've always thought that she's quite foxy. And I love it when she talks about water."

Henry's appearance on The Project is expected to be a regular occurrence, with the show's hosts being joined by a different guest presenter each night.

- NZ Herald