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Good Morning Britain viewers demand apology from Kate Garraway after 'rude' snub directed at 'unimpressed' ITV co-star
Good Morning Britain viewers have demanded an apology from Kate Garraway after a 'rude' snub directed at her ITV co-star.
Friday's instalment of the daily news programme saw Kate, 58, present with co-host Robert Rinder, 47.
As the pair covered the top stories of the day, Kate introduced reporter Gargy Patel who was broadcasting live from Westminster.
However, the presenter made the mistake of accidentally calling Gargy the wrong name, and instead referred to her as her colleague Ranvir Singh at the end of the segment.
She said: 'Ranvir, thank you very much indeed.'
The blunder didn't appear to be noticed by those in the ITV set but viewers were quick to point it out on social media.
One penned on X: 'Oops! Kate just called Gargy Patel, Ranvir by mistake.'
Another added: 'Kate called her 'Ranvir' hmm she was not impressed. Apologise.'
While someone else commented: '@GMB did Kate just call that reporter Ranvir on a purpose... Was she being rude?????'
It comes after viewers were left 'wincing' as Kate Garraway made a 'disrespectful and insensitive' joke at the worst possible time.
A previous episode of the ITV breakfast news show saw the presenter with co-host Adil Ray, 51, report a particularly sad story to viewers.
It was about British grandmother Yvonne Ford, 59, from Barnsley, South Yorkshire, who sadly died from rabies this week.
Kate explained: 'Did you see this extraordinary story about a woman, she was scratched very slightly by a stray dog whilst on holiday in February, that long ago, in Morocco.
'It wasn't even a particularly bad one at the time. It didn't seem to be infected. Then two weeks ago, she started to feel very unwell, has now passed away.'
Before making an ill-timed quip, she added: 'It's made people very conscious because rabies is something we don't think about very much. It is astonishing.'
It came as she mentioned TV doctor Hilary Jones, 72, who often appears on the show for health and wellbeing segments.
A previous episode of the ITV breakfast news show saw the presenter (pictured), with co-host Adil Ray, 51, report a particularly sad story to viewers
She said: 'I mean, what the doctors say, if I can do my Dr Hilary at the moment for a bit, is make sure you get an inoculation.
'But also, if you have any kind of scratch from any kind of wild animal or animal abroad, get treatments right away, because then it can be stopped.'
Rabies - which is passed on through injuries such as bites and scratches from an infected animal - is nearly always fatal.
It typically takes between three to 12 weeks for symptoms to show but can also take longer in some cases.
Viewers picked up on Kate's jokey reference to pretending to be Dr Hilary and felt the tone was not tasteful given the nature of the story.
One wrote on X: 'Classy Kate cracking a rabies joke just after reporting on a rabies death.'
Someone replied: 'Noticed that too - made me wince. So insensitive.'
