Richard Madeley slammed for ‘repeatedly misrepresenting’ Gary Lineker over explosive BBC row in tense GMB debate-Ruth Lawes-Entertainment – Metro

Richard Madeley was blasted by viewers for failing to understand Gary Lineker (Picture: ITV)

Richard Madeley has been blasted for ‘completely missing the point’ over Gary Lineker’s saga with the BBC.

The pundit, 62, was asked to take a ‘step back’ from the Line of Duty broadcaster after slamming the UK government’s new migrant policy on Twitter.

‘Good heavens, this is beyond awful,’ he wrote in response to Suella Braverman’s bill.

‘There is no huge influx. We take far fewer refugees than other major European countries.

‘This is just an immeasurably cruel policy directed at the most vulnerable people in language that is not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 30s, and I’m out of order?’

The former Leicester footballer received widespread support for his remarks and for refusing to back down even after he was removed from presenting Match of the Day.

Lineker later returned to broadcasting for the BBC and did not face any disciplinary action from the national broadcaster.

The former striker appeared on Tuesday’s Good Morning Britain to promote his ITV game show Sitting on a Fortune and was asked about the row from host Richard Madeley, 67.

But Madeley was slammed for repeatedly ‘misrepresenting’ Lineker in a tense debate about the original tweet by GMB viewers.

Madeley had asked Lineker if he thought ‘comparing the government to the Nazis’ was a ‘fair comparison.’

Lineker immediately corrected him and said he had ‘already misrepresented what I said’, pointing out that he had not directly compared the government to Nazi Germany, but instead had said that ‘some of the language was not dissimilar.’

However, Madeley continued to make the comparison, with Gary, keeping his cool, remarking that he was ‘again’ trying to falsely connect his statement with Nazism.

Lineker kept his cool after being repeatedly ‘misrepresented’ by Madeley (Picture: ITV)

Lineker reminded Madeley he did not use the word Nazi Germany in his original tweet and stressed again he was referring to the language used, saying that words like ‘swarm and invasion’ used by the government were ‘not dissimilar’ to 1930s Germany.

One fan remarked: ‘Unsurprisingly Richard completely missing the point, that’s not what Lineker said, he said some of the language is *similar* to that used in the war! #gmb #goodmorningbritain.’

‘Richard Madeley omg misrepresenting what Gary Lineker said time & time again! What an awful presenter Madeley is!’ another commented.

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A third added: ‘Gary Lineker schooling Richard Madeley is exactly what I needed this morning #GMB.’

Good Morning Britain airs weekdays on ITV from 6am.

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