Richard Madeley has apologised for an advice column in which he appeared to downplay a reader’s concerns that their neighbour could be suffering domestic violence.
The presenter, who writes an agony uncle column for the Telegraph newspaper, said he had misjudged the tone and content of the piece and was “so annoyed” with himself.
The 64-year-old said he had reached out to a number of people to apologise and would address the issue in his next Saturday column.
He said in a statement posted on Twitter: “Hi everyone. My critics 2day are absolutely right – I misjudged this one, tonally and in content.
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