ITV This Morning's Rylan Clark slams viewers' claims he's 'too rich' to understand energy crisis

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Like the rest of the country today, This Morning hosts Rylan Clark and Ruth Langsford reacted to the rocketing energy price cap amount that was confirmed earlier by Ofgem.Rylan has been standing in for regular hosts Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield with Ruth Langsford all week and the pair have proved a fan favourite combination together.

But after they chatted about the cost of living crisis, Rylan was forced to raise an issue as he revealed he'd been receiving messages suggesting he had nothing to worry about, regarding the hike in prices.After Rylan hit back, Ruth then added she too had received similar messages, as Rylan insisted to viewers that the crisis would "affect every single person we know".Tweets on the show hashtag included: "Ruth and Rylan are rich and have loads of money, look at them with their fake concerned faces."ITV viewers were told the grim news from Ofgem on Good Morning Britain where hosts Kate Garraway and Adil Ray broke the story that the "stark" increase from October 1 had been revealed.There was also warning that customers could be paying before this date of October 1, as companies could spread out the costs.As Kate discussed the "urgency" of the matter the UK were waking up to, co-star Jonathan Swain shared concern that the amount could increase again in the New Year by up to £5,000.Kate had said: "We have breaking news this morning.

Energy regulator Ofgem within the last few seconds have announced the energy price cap will rise from £1,971, to £3,549."This means millions of households will face an 80 percent rise in energy bills from October."Money saving expert Martin Lewis appeared on GMB, Lorraine and This Morning to offer any advice he could about the price hikes, with him visibly