{"id":391377,"date":"2025-09-02T08:00:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T08:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/391377\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T08:00:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T08:00:17","slug":"gmbs-susanna-reid-forced-to-step-in-as-co-star-slams-rylan-clark-in-tense-migrant-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/391377\/","title":{"rendered":"GMB&#8217;s Susanna Reid forced to step in as co-star slams Rylan Clark in tense migrant debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Morning Britain&#8217;s Susanna Reid defended Rylan Clark on Tuesday after he opened up on immigration last week<\/p>\n<p>07:28, 02 Sep 2025Updated 07:52, 02 Sep 2025<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/good-morning-britain\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Good Morning Britain<\/a> star Susanna Reid was forced to step in as her co-star slammed <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/tv\/tv-news\/rylan-clark-announces-last-day-35813313\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Rylan Clark<\/a> in a tense debate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">During Tuesday&#8217;s (September 2) edition of the hit <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/itv\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">ITV<\/a> programme, Susanna and her co-host <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/ed-balls\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Ed Balls<\/a> updated viewers on the latest news from across the UK and around the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/world-news\/\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">world<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">They were joined in the studio by Alex Beresford, who presented regular weather updates, while <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/ranvir-singh\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Ranvir Singh<\/a> shared the rest of the day&#8217;s news.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Later in the show, regular correspondents Kevin Maguire and Andrew Pierce were on hand to debate topical issues, with talk soon turning to immigration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Kevin then hit out at Rylan after he opened up about the topic on <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/this-morning\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">This Morning<\/a> last week.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/3_Screenshot-4259.png\" alt=\"GMB's Susanna Reid forced to step in as co-star slams Rylan Clark in tense debate\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Susanna Reid defended Rylan Clark on Tuesday(Image: ITV)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Rylan encountered intense backlash over his comments regarding immigration, leading him to issue a public statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;All these terrible myths that Rylan Clark regurgitated, spouted most of them,&#8221; Kevin said on today&#8217;s <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/good-morning-britain\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">GMB<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Susanna quickly interjected, saying, &#8220;Hang on. He pointed out that this country is built on immigration, and he was grateful to all of the migrants who have come to the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/nhs\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">NHS<\/a> for helping support his mum.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;He was actually concerned, though, that we&#8217;ve got a sort of welcome to the UK, and we don&#8217;t know who all of these people are.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;I have to say, Kevin, it is the duty of government, as the government itself would acknowledge, that we control borders and we do not just welcome everybody if we don&#8217;t know who they are. And I think Rylan&#8217;s message struck a chord with a lot of people&#8230; He did not want it to be an anti-migration message.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1_Screenshot-4260.png\" alt=\"Kevin Maguire slammed Rylan Clark on GMB\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Kevin Maguire slammed Rylan Clark on GMB(Image: ITV)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Kevin added, &#8220;He also regurgitated a load of myths and lies. Let&#8217;s not ignore that\u2026 Myths and lies have gone mainstream, and we&#8217;ve got to challenge that, we&#8217;ve got to push back on that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Susanna concluded, &#8220;Rylan also pointed out that we also have a homelessness problem, the government itself acknowledges that there&#8217;s not enough housing. So, I just think that to say that what Rylan said was outrageous, regurgitating propaganda [was wrong].&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">After watching the debate, several GMB viewers quickly took to social media to share their frustration at Kevin&#8217;s comments, while others praised Susanna for her handling of the situation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;@susannareid100 deserves a knighthood for the way she just annihilated Kevin Maguire for totally misquoting @Rylan. Slayed,&#8221; one person wrote on X (formerly <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/twitter\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Another added, &#8220;This is ridiculous,&#8221; while a third said, &#8220;Reid protecting the ITV family.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Good Morning Britain airs weekdays on ITV1 and ITVX at 6am<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good Morning Britain&#8217;s Susanna Reid defended Rylan Clark on Tuesday after he opened up on immigration last week&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":391378,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3937],"tags":[77,6364,208,44575,23122,382,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-391377","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-good-morning-britain","10":"tag-itv","11":"tag-rylan-clark","12":"tag-susanna-reid","13":"tag-tv","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115133653140908736","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=391377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/391378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=391377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=391377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}