Richard Madeley under fire for 'insensitive' Good Morning Britain interview over helicopter death

10.08.2022 - 16:29 / msn.com

Good Morning Britain viewers over an 'insensitive' interview focussing on the tragic death of Brit tourist Jack Fenton. Jack, 22, from Kent, was killed by a helicopter rotor in Greece. Richard was interviewing a close friend of Jack's on the show today (August 10) when he cut in and told them the programme was short of time.

Robin Stanton-Gleaves, the chairman of Bromley football club and the father of Mr Fenton’s school friend, Jack Stanton-Gleaves, accompanied Jack and his pals on the trip. “I was on the helicopter behind and my middle son Jack rang me to tell me what had happened,” he said. “When I got to site, because I was diverted, and I saw the situation that was in front of me and I got the story from my middle boy Jack it was quite different.

” Read more Drivers face £2500 fine for not doing this essential check during hot weather Richard then cut in: “That’s why I want you to tell it because we’re a little bit short of time. So can you get to that story then? What is it that your son told you?”Robin said: “Very simply. They literally stepped off the helicopter.

My son turned as he heard a sound and then he witnessed what he witnessed. “For whatever reason, Jack Fenton had turned another way stepping off the helicopter. The story that he was on a selfie taking a picture is all wrong.

What we do know is that there was a CCTV camera and we can’t fathom why is nobody looking at the camera. ”Viewers took to social media to accuse Richard of lacking sensitivity in the interview. One wrote: "“#gmb‘s Richard Madeley interview techniques are so uncomfortable to watch.