Richard Madeley issued a statement on Good Morning Britain after facing backlash over his comments about Keir Starmer.
Earlier this week, it was reported that an investigation had been launched into death threats made against Sir Keir Starmer, after Boris Johnson made the false claim that the Labour leader failed to prosecute paedophile Jimmy Savile.
On Tuesday's GMB, Richard spoke about the threats that the politician had been experiencing from internet trolls, including death threats.
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On the show, Andrew Pierce, consultant editor of the Daily Mail, said: " Politicians get that all the time."
Richard responded as he said: "Well I was going to say, actually, is that that big a deal?’"
After the comments, Richard was inundated with backlash from fans of the show who disagreed with his comments, because they felt he undermined the severity of the threats the opposition leader was facing.
Because of this, the TV presenter issued a statement on the morning news show to reiterate the fact that such threats are not acceptable.
He said: "It was a really busy show yesterday, we had so much to do. I want to say one thing very quickly at the top here.
"I tried to pose a question on one of our early discussions on the programme about how prolific online death threats are. I didn’t actually quite press it properly, I didn’t go into it enough.
"I just want to reiterate the obvious statement that death threats clearly are never acceptable."
Good Morning Britain airs weekdays from 6am on ITV and the ITV Hub.
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