{"id":19449,"date":"2025-04-14T14:53:15","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T14:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/19449\/"},"modified":"2025-04-14T14:53:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T14:53:15","slug":"good-morning-britain-star-issues-apology-after-deeply-unpatriotic-comment-i-feel-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/19449\/","title":{"rendered":"Good Morning Britain star issues apology after “deeply unpatriotic” comment: “I feel bad”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good Morning Britain<\/a> host Charlotte Hawkins<\/a> has apologised after saying that the UK entry won’t win the Eurovision Song Contest<\/a> this year.<\/p>\n

On today’s show, Hawkins and co-host Richard Madeley were looking ahead at Eurovision, taking place in Basel from 13 to 17 May. <\/p>\n

The UK’s entry for this year’s contest is pop country band Remember Monday<\/a>, which consists of members Lauren Byrne, Holly-Anne Hull, and Charlotte Steele.<\/p>\n

According to bookies, the trio, who will perform their song ‘What the Hell Just Happened?’, won’t be able to break the UK Eurovision curse<\/a> \u2014 and Hawkins seemed to agree.<\/p>\n

She and Madeley interviewed Sweden’s act for the 2025 contest KAJ, consisting of Kevin Holmstr\u00f6m, Axel \u00c5hman, and Jakob Norrg\u00e5rd and set to perform ‘Bara Bada Bastu’ in Switzerland.<\/p>\n

\"charlotte<\/p>\n

ITV<\/p>\n

Related: Susanna Reid announces extended break from Good Morning Britain<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

After chatting with this year’s favourites, Madeley told them: “You’ve got to win!”, with one of the Swedish band members replying: “Or you!”<\/p>\n

“I think we know the UK aren’t going to win,” Hawkins chimed in. “We’ve ruled them out already. But I wish them the very best of luck.”<\/p>\n

Madeley said that her comments were “deeply unpatriotic”, to which she replied: “No no, I wish them the best of luck, but we know it never happens.”<\/p>\n

\"charlotte<\/p>\n

ITV<\/p>\n

During the final moments of the show, Hawkins apologised for her slightly defeatist comments.<\/p>\n

“I quickly want to squeeze in a mention because we spoke to KAJ, the Eurovision entry for Sweden, before,” she said.<\/p>\n

“I just want to also play a teeny clip of our UK entry because I feel bad saying we know we aren’t going to win, but I think we all know when it comes to the UK, it’s a tall order.”<\/p>\n

\"charlotte<\/p>\n

ITV<\/p>\n

Related: Best streaming services<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Madeley assured it was “nothing against the band”, with Hawkins adding: “I think whatever act we had, we weren\u2019t going to win.”<\/p>\n

Historically, the UK hasn’t fared too well at Eurovision, with most of its entries ranking in the bottom half of the leaderboard and struggling to get points through the public vote.<\/p>\n

Sam Ryder’s second place in 2022 was the closest the UK got to win the competition since 1997, when Katrina and the Waves took the top spot with ‘Love Shine a Light’.<\/p>\n

Good Morning Britain airs weekdays at 6am on ITV1. The Eurovision Song Contest runs from Tuesday 13 May to Saturday 17 May.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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