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Ryan Paton

ITV Good Morning Britain's Ben Shephard cuts off Tina Malone in heated kebab row

Good Morning's Britain's Ben Shephard cut off Tina Malone in a heated row on kebabs.

The broadcaster fronted today's edition of the ITV news programme alongside Kate Garraway. They were were joined by former Shameless actor, Tina, on whether a kebab curfew should be introduced to curb unhealthy habits.

Tina was in favour of a ban being introduced as she said: "It's like having chocolate and crisp in your house. If you buy it and it's in the cupboard then I'm going to eat it."

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Tina has previously lost 12 stone and admitted the current tough political and economic climate can lead people to comfort eating "as a crutch". She said: "If you have an addictive personality and something is tempting to you. The more temptation, the more likely you are in these difficult times."

Ibrhahim Dogus founded the British Kebab Awards and argued the case for the late night fast food treat. He said: "Kebab restaurants and grilled meat is not an unhealthy food.

"There is choice when you walk into a takeaway store and there's plenty of choice for the consumer to make."

Tina stepped in to argue the case that it shouldn't be as readily available and people will make the unhealthy choice after they've been on a night out. She said: "After pints of lager, mate, you ain't gonna have that many options. You're not gonna go I'll have a healthy salad after five pints or a bottle of red."

Ben stepped in to bring an end to the fiery clash and insisted he did not want to demonise kebabs completely, which prompted Tina to agree: "I ate nothing but kebabs when I was pregnant nine years ago."

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