Good Morning Britain viewers were left furious with Adil Ray as they slammed him for making a 'disgusting' remark to Kate Garraway. The presenter and actor was back at the helm of the ITV news programme in replace of Kate's usual co-host Ben Shephard on Thursday (April 27).
On the penultimate show of the week, the presenting pair found themselves heading up a debate on whether pet owners should be vegan. After teasing that it was coming up, Lingo host Adil claimed that people smell like their pets: "You can smell them if they have pets," which appeared to unsettle Kate.
He continued: "You can smell if they have dogs or cats. You always can." Charlotte Hawkins, who was reading the latest news headlines, then interjected as she shared how she thought Sir Keir Starmer, who was a guest on the programme, has a hamster.
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"There you go, when he comes in have a sniff and we can try and guess the animal," Adil then suggested to Kate. But still clearly unsure, 55-year-old Kate told viewers: "We've gone in a whole new direction of insult haven't we? It's sort of weird, I don't think pet owners want to know if they smell."
But Adil, 49, insisted: "It's not an insult. They do, they do." Kate then continued: "Get in touch on Twitter or email and we'll find out if Sir Keir Starmer would eat his pet hamster, let's get the news, weather and travel where you are."
Before they did that, however, Adil leaned in to sniff his co-host and guessed: "Fish?" as Charlotte gasped in horror. As Adil laughed, Kate was seen moving away from him as the show quickly went to an advert break. But in the meantime, GMB viewers rushed to social media to complain.
@scotthalfpenny fumed: "@GMB really offended that Adil said @kategarraway smelled of FISH! A disgusting comment that he should apologise for! #GMB." @tighabhinn tweeted: "Did I really just see that !!!!???? Did ADIL RAY go close to Kate Garraway and say "Fish?" "Haddock?" #GMB @GMB."
@Shedden29 said: "@GMB did Adil just suggest Kate smells of fish. Total partridge." @scotthalfpenny commented: "@GMB really offended that Adil said @kategarraway smelled of FISH!" @markjdow replied: "I was shocked." @mulhall_claire added: "As if he just sniffed @kategarraway and said fish! #gmb."
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