Viewers and fans of This Morning have rallied around Dermot O'Leary and Alison Hammond after the popular morning show presenters came under fire for voicing their thoughts on theatre-goers singing along during performances. It comes after ticket holders at the Palace Theatre in Manchester have been asked to refrain from singing along during performances of The Bodyguard as a result of bad behaviour from audience members who became a little too rowdy.
Just days later, on Friday, April 7, the show was forced to stop early due to a major disruption at the musical in the city last week - read more on that here.
Dermot and Alison have respectively taken to their social media accounts to publicly apologise and address the comments they made in light of this incident - Alison Hammond was heard saying (after learning that ticket holders are asked to 'refrain from singing): “I can’t believe it. I’d be devastated. I’m not even going to go to that show now", read more on that here - and while at the time several viewers criticized the hosts as well as their guest Vanessa Feltz for these views, many have come to their defence stating that their comments have been "blown out of proportion".
