Gogglebox's Mica Ven praised amid backlash for Homes for Ukraine scheme

Emmerdale fans were left seething on Friday night after they noticed that Meena Jutla was still able to watch television behind prison bars.After her dramatic appearance in court which saw her take the room hostage, Meena couldn't wait to watch herself on the news on her flat-screen TV back in the cell.But fans were left surprised with the fact she was still given "tele rights" despite her abhorrent behaviour the day before.Taking to Twitter in their droves, fans shared their thoughts.One person wrote: "How the f**k has she got tele privileges."Another astonished viewer wrote: "She’s only in prison & she already has tv rights that’s ridiculous you’re in prison u shouldn’t get no rights ffs."A third commented: "How does she even have TV rights? She should be in solitary."But as Friday's episode drew to a close, Meena unfortunately reached an unexpected stumbling block.As she came back to her cell, Meena rushed over to her flat-screen TV to watch the news once again.But she was left disappointed when she realised the electrical cord had been cut.Fuming, the serial killer took her anger out at the new prison officer and demanded her to get her a new television.This is a live TV story and is constantly being updated.Please refresh the page regularly to get the latest TV updates.TV & Showbiz reporters are working to source the latest information, reaction, pictures and video related to this story.You can also follow us on Twitter @DailyStar, or follow us on Instagram @dailystar to get the latest TV and celeb gossip 24 hours a day.Or like our Daily Star Showbiz Facebook page to get the day's biggest stories, and have your say on them.Why not also subscribe to receive our regular Daily Star showbiz newsletters?You can do this

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Gogglebox fans couldn't hold back their praise for Channel 4 favourite Mica Ven following her criticism of the Homes for Ukraine scheme. It comes after the government launched it's Home for Ukraine website which allows people who want to host a refugee to sign up, with 100,000 people putting their name forward on the first day.Housing and Communities Secretary Michael Gove said each household housing a refugee will be offered £350 a month, tax free, under the scheme.Gogglebox often shows families watching lighthearted and comedic shows, but on Friday (March 18), the families tuned into a BBC News segment.With the scheme being the focus of the segment, Mica was quick to share her thoughts as she discussed them with her partner Marcus Luther.She said: "Not being funny, this isn't the first refugee situation, you know what I mean? How come only now there's incentives to encourage people to help refugees?"Mica's comments were immediately praised by fans, with many taking to Twitter in a flurry to show their support for her.One user wrote: "Mica talking truth there!"While another added: "Good on Mica for calling out the hypocrisy regarding refugees."A third wrote: "Mice speaking sense."While Mica was praised for her comments, elsewhere in the episode she left viewers in hysterics after realising she was caught in the ultimate fashion blunder.She was seen lying on her back with her legs in the air while Marcus attempted to help her pull up her jeans.However, the thing that truly had fans laughing was Mica's warnings to Marcus as she told him to "never tell anyone" that he was forced to help her get her jeans on.She said: "If you ever tell anyone you know that I've got to go through this...

Gogglebox viewers couldn't believe their eyes when they saw fan favourites Marcus Luther and Mica Ven pulling off a baffling fashion move.The duo had fans in hysterics as Marcus was seen pulling Mica's very tight jeans up over her legs.Mica was seen laying on her back on the sofa with her legs in the air as Marcus attempted to pull the clingy garment over her legs much to the amusement of viewers.The South London based couple joked with each other as Mica's loyal beau tried his best to squeeze her into the denim legwear.Seemingly forgetting they were being broadcast on TV to thousands of homes around the UK she then urged him not to tell anyone or he would feel her wrath.Marcus said: "Lie down, lie down, put your legs up, here we go."Bewildered Mica replied: "Yeah but we can't be going through this, we need to get dressed. This is butters."Undeterred Marcus carried on tugging at the jeans as he reassured her: "It's alright, I'm helping you.