Richard Madeley 'couldn't give a stuff' about Ofcom complaints over death threat comment

After sharing the post with her 247,000 followers, fans and friends were quick to offer their congratulations. Davina McCall wrote: “Awwwww !!! So chuffed for u guys xx.”Jean-Marie Stander penned: “OHHHH YAAAAAY!!!!! massive congratulations you guys!”Edjackson8 wrote: “Congratulations guys… that’s going to be a quiet little one!”Courtney Black said: “Congrats!!”James has previously spoken up about the idea of becoming a father and parenthood in general. He told The Sun in November: ”I'd be nervous about bringing kids into the world these days. “But would I like a miniature me running around saying, 'Daddy I love you' and having a laugh with Christmas and things? Yeah, I think that would be amazing.”James Haskell will appear on BBC’s A Question of Sport this Friday at 7:30PM.

Boris Johnson has been asked why he has not yet imposed any sanctions on Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich over his alleged "links" to the Kremlin.The Russian billionaire bought Chelsea from Ken Bates in 2003 and has since invested heavily to bring in a golden era of success at Stamford Bridge.Johnson is now facing mounting calls to sanction Abramovich, though, including from Labour leader Keir Starmer, who pressed the Prime Minister during PMQs on Wednesday in the House of Commons.Abramovich is understood to have put Chelsea up for sale as he looks to sell his UK assets following Russia's invasion of Ukraine last week.Speaking in Parliament on Wednesday, Starmer questioned the Prime Minister as he exclaimed: "We must stand up to Putin and those who prop up his regime."Roman Abramovich is the owner of Chelsea FC and various other high-value assets in the UK.“He’s a person of interest to the Home Office because of his links to the Russian state and his public association with corrupt activity and practices.“Last week the Prime Minister said Abramovich is facing sanctions. He later corrected the record to say he isn’t.

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Good Morning Britain host Richard Madeley has revealed he is ashamed of hitting his children when they were younger.On Wednesday's Good Morning Britain (February 23), the TV host debated the new law coming into Wales which aims to prevent parents from smacking their children.Richard has two children with his wife and former Richard and Judy co-host Judy Finnigan.They share Jack, who is now 35, and Chloe, now 34.On the show, he said: "For full disclosure, when my children were growing up, I certainly never used a stick.“But once or twice, I think with Jack – he was the firstborn – I think I sort of tapped his bottom a couple of times with the flat of my hand.“Do you know what? I always thought that was a point of failure, my failure. I felt ashamed of it.”Richard Madeley also shared that he was hit a lot by his father during his childhood.He also said: "When I was a little boy I was hit quite a lot by my dad, who I love very much and he was a great father, but I was hit quite a lot."It was typical of the day, we are talking about the 1960s.

Good Morning Britain has received hundreds of Ofcom complaints after presenter Richard Madeley made a comment about death threats on the ITV daytime show.The presenter, 65, received criticism from viewers after he questioned if abuse received by Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer was a “big deal” as he hosted the show. Richard's comments led to over 800 complaints to the communications regulator Ofcom, who will decide whether to further investigate.

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Good Morning Britain has sparked 850 Ofcom complaints after Richard Madeley questioned the death threats made against Sir Keir Starmer. On February 14, it was reported that an investigation had been launched into harmful messages that were sent to the Labour Party leader, after Boris Johnson made the false claim that to prosecute paedophile Jimmy Savile. Last Tuesday’s edition of GMB saw Madeley discussing Starmer’s experience, explaining that there are trolls who have been ‘calling for his execution’ online, which led the presenter to ask whether it was ‘that big a deal.

Good Morning Britian has been slapped with more than 800 complaints after comments made by Richard Madeley.

Labour Party were actually a "big deal" in Tuesday February 15th's episode.After the presenter received a fierce backlash on Twitter over his remarks he addressed his comments on the next day's episodeHe stressed that death threats are not "acceptable", as he apologised for his controversial comments from earlier in the week."It was a really busy show yesterday, we had so much to do. I want to say one thing very quickly at the top here," Richard began on Good Morning Britain on Wednesday.

Good Morning Britain has been slammed by viewers after hosting an interview with John Barrowman.On Tuesday (February 22), the TV star was welcomed onto the show by Richard Madeley who talked to him about his new ventures.However, the programme was met with a barrage of criticism afterwards due to the prior allegations of John exposing himself on the sets of BBC's Doctor Who and Torchwood – which he has admitted to but branded "tomfoolery".During the chat, the actor said cancel culture is similar to hyenas "trying to strip meat to the bone" after host Richard questioned him about his allegations.However, viewers weren't impressed with the former Dancing On Ice star being interviewed on the show with them wanting him to be "cancelled" for his on-set behaviour.Richard didn't shy away from the elephant in the room and dived straight in with a harsher line of questioning than usual with the former DOI panellist.He began: "A lot of people in this country would have assumed your career was over. When all the reports came out of this party trick you used to do, which is basically exposing yourself to colleagues which you thought was very funny at the time, and all this came out - and it would seem to many of us that that kind of sunk your career."And yet, here we are talking about brand new projects.

Richard Madeley has revealed that he was hit a lot by his dad during his childhood.On Wednesday's Good Morning Britain (February 23), the TV host debated the new law coming into Wales which aims to prevent parents from smacking their children.During the chat, Richard said: "When I was a little boy I was hit quite a lot by my dad, who I love very much and he was a great father, but I was hit quite a lot."It was typical of the day, we are talking about the 1960s. I was hit with a stick and reflecting on it now if it was outlawed then it wouldn't have broken the law."He then asked TV guest Rebecca Wilcox: "Is that one of the reasons with that knock-on effect, it would make parents them stop and think if this ban was introduced?"Rebecca is a journalist and daughter of Childline founder Miriam Wilcox.She then replied: "It's been proven if you make it illegal, it's a form of education, it's not about criminalising parents, but smacking has a negative impact on mental health all the way through childhood and adolescence."We need to evolve out of violence, you should not be smacking, discipline means teaching.

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Good Morning Britain fans were stunned by Richard Madeley's interview skills as asked John Barrowman a really "brutal" opening question. The ex-Dancing on Ice judge took to the daytime show to unveil details about his new tour and presenting role on All Star Musicals.Before John had a chance to explain what he'd been up to, Richard chimed-in with a question about the TV star's past.Last year, accusations were made that John had exposed himself when working on the set of Doctor Who.In an apologetic statement at the time, the actor defended that his behaviour had been nothing more than "tomfoolery".Hoping to move forward with his leave allegations in the past, he appeared on the programme to discuss his next adventure.However, Richard and hist co-host Susanna Reid had other ideas for the discussion.Richard kicked off the chat: "A lot of people in this country would have assumed your career was over."When all the reports came out of this party trick you used to do, which is basically exposing yourself to colleagues which you thought was very funny at the time, and all this came out - and it would seem to many of us that that kind of sunk your career."And yet, here we are talking about brand new projects.

James Haskell is clearly overjoyed to be becoming a dad for the first time with his wife Chloe Madeley, as he spoke about their exciting news at the live recording of his podcast, The Good, The Bad & The Rugby. After co-host Alex Payne congratulated James, 36, and Chloe, 34, on the news that they will be becoming parents in the coming months, James gushed over Chloe being pregnant.

Jamal Edwards. The GMB star spoke out after attending a vigil for the late music mogul. Sean addressed Jamal's death at the age of just 31 on today's show.

John Barrowman hit back at Richard Madeley after he interrogated him over his past behaviour - to the surprise of GMB viewers.

Good Morning Britain viewers were taken aback as Richard Madeley got stuck straight in to an interview with John Barrowman.

Good Morning Britain presenter Sean Fletcher was "working on a project" with Jamal Edwards before his tragic death.The SBTV founder tragically passed away on Sunday morning at the age of 31 from a sudden illness.Speaking on the ITV show on Tuesday, Sean confirmed he had been in talks with Jamal about working on a project to help protect their shared local community of Acton in West London. Richard Madeley asked Sean: "You were working with him on a project, weren't you?"Sean replied: "We were talking about protecting our community.

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James Haskell, 36, were expecting their first baby, with the parents-to-be, as well as grandparents Richard Madeley and Judy Finnegan, clearly over the moon with the sweet news.And keeping her followers abreast of her pregnancy journey over the weekend, the TV presenter and fitness influencer revealed that a lot of people had been asking whether she was still lifting during her pregnancy, sharing: ‘The answer is yes!’Chloe – who wasn’t able to work out due to being ‘so unwell’ earlier in the pregnancy – insisted it was ‘perfectly healthy and beneficial’ to continue training, and that you should be able to do what you were doing before you fell pregnant – albeit with some tweaks to your routine.She wrote on a series of slides: ‘In all honesty, I couldn’t for about 2 months because I was so unwell (very sick and shockingly bad headaches), but gradually I’ve been able to resume my training frequency over the last 2-3 weeks.‘I’ve had incredibly bad DOMS because I haven’t gone 2 months without training in over 9 years but I like knowing the stimulus has returned and I’m excited to have a new reason to workout.

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