Good Morning Britain being hosted by two women had the exact online reaction you would think it would.
The change did not escape the viewers, who took to Twitter to compare the flagship breakfast show to another show in the ITV daytime line up; Loose Women.
With Susanna Reid and Ranvir Singh at the helm, they interviewed figures like Grant Shapp and addressed Piers Morgan’s departure. Reid said the show was going to be “very different” without him.
Could our summer holidays cause a 3rd Coronavirus wave? Transport Secretary @grantshapps says our summer holidays… https://t.co/q6hVbIfkZg— Good Morning Britain (@Good Morning Britain) 1615366178
Following a statement from the channel, their previous host, the notorious Piers Morgan has left the show. The revelation came last night after two controversial shows.
On Monday, the host denied Meghan Markle felt suicidal because of racism, press intrusion and the pressure of royal life. This has since been met with over 41,000 complaints to Ofcom. Additionally, he was critiqued for how he handled Trisha Goddard and Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu discussing racism.
We have launched an investigation into Monday’s episode of Good Morning Britain under our harm and offence rules.… https://t.co/V5Qj5iMcau— Ofcom (@Ofcom) 1615309958
The tensions really ramped up on Tuesday following a series of questionable decisions from sexually harassing Charlotte Hawkins, interviewing Meghan Markle’s estranged father and running off after facing a lick of the criticism he gives out.
The walk-off came as Alex Beresford finally took him to task over his obsession with Meghan Markle, who according to Morgan “ghosted him”. He ran off the set, leaving the rest of the show to go on without him.
“you won twitter. enjoy good morning britain i hope it makes you happy. dear lord what a sad little life twitter.” https://t.co/YoNPC2QwJo— joe (@joe) 1615314883
Despite, some people celebrating his departure, others have not been so welcome to move, leading to sexist comparisons and expressing disbelief that two women could lead a major morning show.
Here are some of them.
Oh dear @GMB is like a morning loose women show without @piersmorgan #boring— 💋💋amanda💋💋 (@💋💋amanda💋💋) 1615364287
@LBC @NickFerrariLBC Great news for radio stations, nobody’s watching @GMB without him. It’s like watching loose women now.— Tom Taylor (@Tom Taylor) 1615363887
Switched on @GMB this morning to see what was said regarding @piersmorgan - Turned it off at 6.45. Feel sorry for… https://t.co/53gTsyoRQY— Lisa 😺🛍⚽️💃💅✌🥦🥕🌽 (@Lisa 😺🛍⚽️💃💅✌🥦🥕🌽) 1615362501
Tuned into @GMB morning. Good god its like a spin off of 'Loose Women'— Duncan Disorderly (@Duncan Disorderly) 1615362429
@GMB hard to watch today, it’s like a low budget @loosewomen— Lisa Bradshaw (@Lisa Bradshaw) 1615362323
Bring back Piers Morgan on GMB, the show is bland without him, a bit like Loose Women at 6.30am Dr Hilary Jones has not said anything yet— NorthDevonRoyal (@NorthDevonRoyal) 1615361174
@GMB @susannareid100 I thought loose women was on later, this is just background noise now, just not the same— William London (@William London) 1615359530
Some might find it hard to believe that it was International Women’s Day on Monday...
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