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Rebecca Cook

Kate Garraway halts GMB debate as guest says 'women in burkas look like letterboxes'

The Good Morning Britain studio erupted into chaos on Friday morning during a debate on cancel culture in which guest comedian Leo Kearse said Muslim women wearing burkas "do look like letterboxes".

Presenters Kate Garraway and Ben Shephard were forced to intervene and end the debate after Leo made the comment in reference to Boris Johnson's controversial column while a journalist.

The Prime Minister was previously accused of Islamophobia after the comment, which was published in a Telegraph column in which he said it was "ridiculous" women chose to wear the face-covering veils.

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