GMB's Susanna Reid praises Sky Sports' Chris Kamara over speech disorder

21.03.2022 - 20:01 / ok.co.uk

Susanna Reid praised Sky Sports' presenter Chris Kamara for opening up about his speech disorder. Susanna, 51, took a moment on Good Morning Britain to praise the football reporter for being so honest and open about his diagnosis with apraxia of speech.

She began: “We send our best wishes to Kammy actually and I have done that directly because it’s really tough for a broadcaster when you have something that effects your speech, especially as people were speculating about why that might be on social media. “I said to him, you know it’s really, it’s fantastic that he’s actually been really transparent about it, as I think what it does is, it destigmatises that for anybody else who might be in the same position.

So all power to him and best wishes.” Read More Related Articles What is apraxia - Ninja Warrior Chris Kamara’s health condition causing slurred speech Get exclusive celebrity stories and reality tv news straight to your inbox with OK! daily newsletter . You can sign up at the top of the page.

Entertainment editor, Richard Arnold added that there was “a lot of love on Twitter and socials for him.” Susanna replied: “Always.” Richard agreed: “Always for Kammy and we echo that here.” There was a flurry of concern over the weekend as the football pundit slurred his words while he covered a game of football on Saturday. Become an OK! VIP and see all our exclusives - for free! Become an OK! VIP and you will unlock access to all of our big exclusives...