Johanna Griggs outs New Idea for running fake cover story on her "shock news at 40"

JOHANNA Griggs has taken to Twitter to name and shame New Idea for "making up" a story about her "shock news at 40".

Johanna Griggs has taken to Twitter to name and shame New Idea. Picture: News Corp Australia

CHANNEL 7 personality Johanna Griggs took to Twitter overnight to name and shame New Idea for running a story that implied she had spoken to the magazine and revealed a "secret".

The Better Homes and Gardens star said the cover story "Johanna Griggs: My shock news at 40" was complete "fiction" and that she had never even spoken to New Idea.

Just read yet another made up cover story in new idea where they pretend I've spoken to them. I haven't. Nice work @NewIdeamagazine #fiction

— Johanna Griggs (@JohGriggs7) November 17, 2013

Despite the website revealing they would divulge a "perennially sunny Johanna Griggs' secret" in the issue, the article was written from a series of quotes Griggs gave to The Daily Telegraph, The Australian and a previous story recycled from 2009.

The "secret" was simply "the joy she'd be feeling at 40" with a second season of House Rules commissioned - a fact revealed back in June.

A representative for Griggs told news.com.au that she did not want to comment further on the article.

New Idea also declined to comment to News Corp Australia.