Brita Morphy Richards kettle?

I have a brita Morphy Richards and somehow the plastic bit the maxtra brita filters goes into has fallen into the kettle! I have tried anything I can think of to get it out no luck.
I can’t use the kettle now.
I would prefer not to damage the bit to get it out but not sure there is an alternative and I see nothing online about this issue.
I didn’t do anything odd I was changing the filter and it slipped into the kettle!
It’s not meant to be able to do that, has a groove that it sits into and I had just descaled it recently.
Very annoying