Gogglebox fans were upset after the show failed to air a tribute to the late star Pete McGarry during a special one-off episode on Friday night.
Three participants of the hit Channel 4 show have passed away this year including Michael and Mary Cook, who died last month aged 61 and 92 respectively.
During the episode, which celebrated the network’s Black to Front campaign, tribute was paid to the pair – but not for Pete.
At the end of the episode, a picture of Mary and Andy was displayed with the caption: “In loving memory” along with the year of their birth and of their death.
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However, Gogglebox fans were quick to question why Pete had not had a similar tribute.
One wrote on Twitter: “Nice tribute to Mary and Andy. Pete also died or did he get a tribute in the last series? #gogglebox”.
And another commented: “#Gogglebox @Gogglebox very moving tributes for Mary Cook and Andy Michael’s, but you left out Pete.”
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However, fans will remember that the show paid tribute to the late Pete during an episode of Celebrity Gogglebox in July.
A touching message was made to Pete at the end of the episode which aired on July 2, with a picture of him and his wife Linda looking lovingly at each other with the years “1950-2021” to mark the year he was born and died.
Gogglebox won at the National Television Awards earlier in the week, picking up the Factual Award with the cast on hand to triumphantly collect the gong.
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Cast favourite Julie Malone mentioned four of her co-stars who have passed away over the past couple of years including June and Leon Bernicoff.
She said: “On behalf of all the Gogglebox families I just want to say thank you for nominating us for this award.
“And on a sadder note, nominate it to all the people we’ve lost over the past 18 months and two years.
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“That’s Andy, Pete, Mary, and everybody’s favourite grandma June who is now reunited with Leon.”
June passed away in May 2020 at the age of 82 – while her husband Leon died in December 2017 at the age of 83.
In other NTA news, Coronation Street won the Serial Drama gong after coming short to fellow ITV show Emmerdale last year.
Mollie Gallagher was also given Serial Drama Performance for her gripping portrayal of Nina Lucas in the recent hate crime storyline, as well as Jude Riordan becoming the youngest-ever winner for playing Sam Blakeman.
Elsewhere, Ant and Dec won the Best Presenter gong for a historic 20th time — and the duo took home the Sir Bruce Forsyth Award as part of the cast of I’m a Celebrity.
Gogglebox is set to return to Channel 4 later this month
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
