Good Morning Britain has racked up a whopping 264 Ofcom complaints in just one week after viewers took offence to a number of fiery interviews.
The ITV news show earned 129 complaints on June 17, according to the watchdog’s weekly report, with Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid presenting.
On the controversial instalment of GMB, Piers instructed police officers to shut up and “show respect” to the parents of Madeline McCann.
With another 91 complaints, the June 22 instalment of GMB also proved controversial with UK viewers.
Two separate episodes also racked up a number of objections, with disgruntled fans ringing up Ofcom with gripes about the show’s content.
Good Morning Britain has received 264 Ofcom complaints in just one week (Image: ITV)
Several weeks ago, GMB made headlines after receiving 681 Ofcom complaints regarding Piers Morgan’s divisive interviewing technique.
And last week, the show was slapped with 397 complaints, amounting to a hefty number of total criticisms.
Earlier this week, Piers was met with backlash after he quizzed Dizzee Rascal about the Black Lives Matter movement, only for the rapper to refuse to become “the black spokesperson” for the show.
Dizzee refused to follow Piers’ demands on Good Morning Britain (Image: ITV)
Dizzee said: “You never let anyone speak, you’re not going to do this to me mate.”
Piers later accused Dizzee of acting “aggressively,” to which he replied: “I’ve become the aggressive black man!”
An Ofcom representative told The Sun that a number of the complaints related to “perceived rude conduct by the presenters”.
Piers urged the haters to “keep going” earlier this week, as ratings rise (Image: ITV)
Despite the Ofcom complaints, Piers has been gloating about Good Morning Britain’s rising ratings, urging the haters to “keep going”.
On Tuesday, he said: ” Good Morning Britain hit a new all-time ratings high yesterday – 27.5% audience share, 1% higher than ever before.
“The more people attack or boycott us, the more viewers we get. Keep going haters…”
Good Morning Britain airs on weekdays at 6am on ITV
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
