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28.01.2022 - 14:21 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Good Morning Britain was forced to cut to ad break after an interview surrounding cancel culture became out of control.

The theme of the debate asked by hosts Kate Garraway and Ben Shephard was: "Cancel culture: Forgive and forget?" which welcomed Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu and Leo Kearse.

Both participants held strong opinions on the subject, regardless the debate remained calm in the beginning, the Express reports.

But things took a sharp turn when the guests began shouting over one another, eventually turning into a full-on row.

Hosts Ben and Kate were forced to step in early and end the debate.

Leo began: “I’ve had shows cancelled, my venue cancelled me at the Australian Fringe.

“Most of the time I think it’s a misunderstanding on the part of the people doing the cancelling.

“Also people are getting cancelled for tweets they sent 12 years ago and people change, people move on.

“But also society changes. The things that are acceptable dos ay n society change.

“You see that with people like JK Rowling, a few years ago, she was the darling of the woke left and now she is this pariah.

“People need to understand if we are cancelling people for things they said 12 years ago because society changes and what people say changes, what are people saying now that’s going to be unacceptable in 12 years?”

Kate later went on to ask Dr Shola: “Is there an argument to say part of growing up and growing older is that your views get informed and they change?

“Something that you said in the past, now we have social media where things get written down and shared so widely may not represent you now, so therefore you should be forgiven for holding those views if you changed your mind?”

Dr Shola replied: “Well that me first of all say that