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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
Entertainment
Jessica Sansome

ITV This Morning slapped with official Ofcom complaints after The Bodyguard chat prompted outcry and Alison Hammond apology

This Morning has been hit with a string of Ofcom complaints after a chat about singing at the theatre led to an outcry. During an episode of the ITV daytime show last week, Alison Hammond and Dermot O'Leary discussed the 'no singing' rules in place during showings of The Bodyguard.

Signs stating "PLEASE REFRAIN FROM SINGING ALONG" were held by staff at the opening night of The Bodyguard last week, which featured in a Manchester Evening News review of the show. It was later revealed that the strict rules needed to be in place due to "disruptive behaviour" at previous dates on this tour with audiences trying to "out-sing" the cast.

A discussion on This Morning during the show's daily ''This Morning's View segment', which sees the hosts and two guests discuss the latest news headlines and other topics, saw Alison, Dermot, Vanessa Feltz and Nick Ferrari touch on whether audience members should be allowed to sing along while professional actors are performing on stage. The chat was widely slammed on social media, however.

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