GMB's Ranvir confronts Tory over 'disgusting' comments which affected co-star

13 April 2023 , 07:53

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GMB's Ranvir confronts Tory over 'disgusting' comments which affected co-star

Ranvir Singh confronted a Tory MP live on air about the racism her colleague had faced following his colleague's comments.

Good Morning Britain presenter spoke to Chris Philp MP, the Minister for Crime and Policing, on the show today, where she brought up Suella Braverman's comments regarding British Pakistani men. She had told him how it had caused her co-star Adil Ray to be subjected to "nothing but racism" since the Home Secretary made the comments.

During Braverman's conversation on Sky, she spoke about the government's approach to protecting children from sexual abuse when she singled out British Pakistani men. She had said at the time: "What we’ve seen is a practice whereby vulnerable white English girls - sometimes in care, sometimes who are in challenging circumstances - being pursued and raped and drugged and harmed by gangs of British Pakistani men who’ve worked in child abuse rings or networks."

Ranvir confronted MP Chris Philp (ITV)

Adil explained last week that he had been subjected to "nothing but racism" since.

"We heard comments about the community that I belong to, the British Pakistani community. There is something really, I think, that needs to be really looked at in this country right now, that we are divided," he said on the show previously.

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"I have suffered, since last Sunday, since Suella Braverman going onto breakfast television and labelling British Pakistani men – with no caveats, no kindness, no compassion – simply labelling British Pakistani men, have an issue when it comes to English white girls. I have suffered nothing but racism for the last seven days."

Adil Ray said last week he had been subjected to nothing but racism (ITV)

Kate Garraway said the comments were "unsettling and unheard of".

Adil then added: "It’s really bad. This morning, and now I’ve got Hindu Indian nationalists at this time in the morning messaging me, because they’ve caught up onto this. Because they see a British Indian woman backing this and think, 'Yes, she’s right. There is a problem with Muslims. There is a problem with Pakistanis.' It is disgusting."

Today, Ranvir directly confronted Chris Philp MP, the Minister for Crime and Policing, over his colleague's comments. She asked, as the policing minister, if he felt the comments were helpful whilst Philp tried to defend his colleague and said that she had provided context to what was said, before continuing to seemingly double down on her comments once more.

Jasmine Allday