This Morning viewers were left "disgusted" by remarks made by Vanessa Feltz about the impact of the cost of living crisis on children in struggling families.
Speaking to hosts Alison Hammond and Dermot O'Leary alongside Gyles Brandreth on Monday's episode of the ITV show, Vanessa angered viewers after responding to a heartbreaking statistic read out by Alison that one in four children are planning to offer up their pocket money to their families over the festive period to help cover the cost of Christmas. "In a way, I'm not sure it's the most terrible thing," she replied.
"In a way, I think it's character building. And I also think children really do like to play a part and to help if you give them a chance - I don't think they really want to be put in a bubble and cocooned and told everything's lovely when it's not."
