ITV viewers blasted Cat Deeley after she made a NSFW comment about her co-star Ben Shephard on Thursday's This Morning.
The co-presenters were going into an ad break after a heartwarming interview, teasing what was coming up in the programme. For today's fashion segment, the show was looking at shapewear and 'spanks', including SKIMS from US celebrity Kim Kardashian.
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Ben joked as the show prepared to cut to commercials, saying: "You can spank me any day." With Cat responding, and agreeing: "Bend over." Tipping Point presenter Ben looked noticeably embarrassed by the pair's admission as the cameras cut away.
It comes after the pair were blasted as "boring" by critics, with former GB News and showbusiness presenter Dan Wootton tweeting last month: "Ratings for This Morning have HALVED after ITV installed the woke and dull duo Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard.
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"Woke ITV now exists to try and hang onto its advertising money as its revenues and ratings tank. The end is coming but it's going to be a painful ride," he added. It followed further complaints on X, formally Twitter, with one viewer saying: "Just sat and watched This morning properly. Cat Deeley is not very good at her job is she?
"Shouting and laughing over other people. Saying what's written on the Autocue when it's Ben's turn. I feel sorry for Ben, he's very professional. She isn't," they added. While someone else said: "I'm loving Ben Shepard on this morning his energy is fantastic but Cat Deeley is like a boring wet cabbage, get her off."
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