Richard Madeley slammed for 'car crash' surprise live on Good Morning Britain

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Richard Madeley accidentally revealed a surprise a bit too prematurely as he returned to Good Morning Britain. The presenter was back at the helm of the ITV news programme on Tuesday (May 2) alongside Susanna Reid who returned following an extra-long weekend away from screens for the Bank Holiday.

During the programme, the hosting duo were joined live via video link by a young Leeds United fan who recently went viral on social media after a video of him appearing to be 'ignored' by the players sparked outrage.

Eight-year-old Dylan was seen in the clip waving to the members of the squad who turned up at Leeds' team hotel following the 4-1 defeat at Bournemouth The club later put out a statement saying: "Words can’t express how sorry we are that the youngster in the video wearing the Leeds kit is not shown more love from the squad." And Dylan appeared on the programme alongside his parents who wanted to set the record straight. READ MORE: Join the FREE Manchester Evening News WhatsApp community Dad John said: "What you have got to remember is the video is just a tiny snapshot of what happened." He went on to say that Dylan wasn’t 'blanked' and many of the players did 'smile and wave', with some even fist-bumping him.

Richard replied: "The angle at which they were standing just didn’t show the smiles. It looks to us from this one vantage point as if they’re completely blanking Dylan, but you’re saying that actually they were giving him a smile." But John said: "That’s not the case.