The head-to-head TV debate between Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss is underway - and viewers are saying the same thing about the BBC show's opening.
The debate between the two politicians - one of whom will be the next Tory leader and Prime Minister - began with the camera zooming in to them closely.
Mr Sunak and Ms Truss stood rigid still in front of a lectern, both smiling. And according to viewers taking to social media as they watched at home, they looked like cardboard cut-outs. "Omg what an unnerving intro that was - I genuinely thought they were both cardboard cut-outs or waxworks," said Nick (@nickoverheard) on Twitter. "Omg they look like cardboard cut-outs," said another Twitter user (@philford). "I legit thought these were cardboard cut outs for a second then," added Twitter user Nadine Batchelor-Hunt (@nadinebh_).
Others tweeted screenshots of the show's opening. "I'm scared," said Sam Ellis on Twitter (@SamCEllis). Another viewer hailed 'the most unsettling start to any TV programme in history' while another posted: "Were those cardboard cut-outs?" "How have they made both Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak look like their own cardboard cut-outs?
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