Richard Madeley has cleared up his comments after he came under fire for a remark about Kier Starmer on ITV Good Morning Britain.
During Tuesday's episode the TV presenter spoke about the death threats which had reportedly been sent to the Labour leader.
It came after the news was reported that an investigation had been launched into the threats made against Sir Keir after Boris Johnson made the false claim about the opposition leader and Jimmy Savile.
On Tuesday's GMB, Richard and co-host Ranvir Singh were talking to Andrew Pierce, consultant editor of the Daily Mail, and Kevin Maguire, associate editor at the Daily Mirror. READ MORE: Katie McGlynn confirms Hollyoaks exit nine months after joining as co-star shares gushing tribute As they discussed the latest news headlines, Andrew remarked in response to the Sir Kier story that ‘"politicians get that all the time." This led Richard to say: "Well I was going to say, actually, is that that big a deal?" Appearing on the ITV news programme on Wednesday alongside Charlotte Hawkins, the 65-year-old was quick to clear things up. "It was a really busy show yesterday, we had so much to do.
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