Love Island star Dr Alex George has defended his Channel 4 show Naked Education after adults posed nude in front of children.
The show, fronted by Dr Alex, Anna Richardson and Yinka Bokinni, has been hit with more than a thousand Ofcom complaints over the weeks, following scenes including some which saw naked adults pose in front of children.
Dr Alex has insisted the show isn't about people getting naked but instead more about people loving themselves for who they are and the skin they're in, and encouraging people to think of their mental health as well as their physical health.
Speaking on Lorraine today, he said: "You're not normally in a room with naked people. So everyone has a giggle, ok let's have a laugh and let's talk about it. When everyone relaxes, you actually go 'we are all naked all the time.'
"People that have watched the show, many people have message me. The irony is it's not really about the naked body at all."
He insisted the show is so much more than nakedness – and about people feeling happy in their own skin.
"It's about learning you are so much more than your skin. Beauty comes from within and your value is not how you appear as a person, your value is in your heart," he explained to Lorraine about the importance of the show.
During the first episode, angry viewers slammed the show for showing children the naked bodies of strangers.
" Channel 4 Naked Education is NOT it. Showing children under 16 MINORS, people, strangers I should say, standing fully naked in front of them. WHY? Absolutely not. They do NOT need to see strangers fully naked to be educated on the body," one viewer wrote.
A second added: " #NakedEducation on @Channel4 right now. I'm not sure 15 year old children should be seeing live naked bodies of men and women in front of them," as a third penned on social media as they reacted to the show: "I have just watched #NakedEducation on #Channel4 . They were also showing naked grown ups to young teenagers. It has come to UK now."
Anna Richardson also defended the show in the past, adding: "Naked Education is sort of one step further than Naked Attraction, as it says: 'Let’s normalise bodies, let’s have the conversation about what we go through and let’s educate the nation.' I like to make shows that are controversial, that break taboos and that make a difference."
