Gary Lineker has hit out at a GMB interview with a climate campaigner, saying Richard Madely was "deeply patronising and dismissive". The interview, which aired on Good Morning Britain on Monday, April 11, saw climate activist Miranda Whelehan grilled by presenter Richard Madely, who has been described as a "bully" and "patronising" by social media users.
The former footballer said: "The protest, whether you agree with them or not, got the eloquent young woman on to national television to talk about the likely catastrophe. Madely is deeply patronising and dismissive of someone who understands their future is in grave danger. Desperate times and all that..."
During the interview, Madely accused the 'Just Stop Oil' slogan of being childish, calling it "Very playground-ish, isn’t it, it’s very Vicky Pollard, it’s quite childish. 'Just stop Oil, I mean, come on, there's more to say than that.” Exasperated, Whelehan quickly responded that the answers are actually "very simple" and that "we need to stop new oil licensing in the country."
