Viewers of Good Morning Britain have slammed Richard Madeley for statements he made during coverage of the missing submarine.
Richard, 67, and Susanna Reid, 52, presented Tuesday’s broadcast, in which they provided updates and chatted with experts on the submarine that went missing while on a dive to examine the Titanic wreck.
After coastguards lost touch with the 21-foot yacht on Sunday, a search and rescue action is still continuing in the north Atlantic Ocean.
According to reports, everyone on board, including British billionaire Hamish Harding, have adequate oxygen in the submarine until Thursday.
Today’s Good Morning Britain included Richard and Susanna hearing from Harding’s buddy about the final text he gave him, as well as specialists discussing the crew’s prospects of survival.
At one point, Richard read aloud Tweets about the event from spectators, many of which were critical.
He said: ‘There isn’t universal sympathy for their predicament, there’s a lot of people Tweeting in and messaging in saying they’re offering their prayers, that’s the majority, but there’s a significant minority that doesn’t have much sympathy for them.’
He went on to read some of the unfavourable remarks before stressing that the excursions are scientific and admitting that he found the negative comments “cold-hearted.”
However, fans were unimpressed that he even read them out, labelling it “bad judgement.”
‘It was bad taste and bad judgement that Madeley decided to read out the twitter messages from the few idiots who thought the trapped submariners deserved their fate,’ one wrote.
Others questioned his questions, including if the submarine may be located at some time today.
One viewer penned: ‘”Might we find them before noon today?” Is Richard Madeley asking whether ITV Daytime will get the scoop on this?’
Another blasted: ‘Bookmaker Madeley asking for the odds of survival. What a p***k.’
‘As Madeley’s questions to the submariners get longer and longer he also keeps trying to take over the interview by stealing Susanna Reid’s auto-cue lines,’ someone else said.
Good Morning Britain airs weekdays from 6am on ITV1.
