July 10th 2023.
Susanna Reid was praised online for how she handled a guest on Monday’s edition of Good Morning Britain who called her ‘darling’. Tracey Mallaghan was invited onto the show to debate the protestor who threw orange confetti at George Osborne’s wedding to Thea Rogers.
Mallaghan, an activist with Insulate Britain, defended her use of the endearment by saying she was ‘working class’. She said she would have turned down the request to throw confetti but only because non-violence was important to her, and she felt she couldn’t have promised she wouldn’t have ‘slapped’ the former chancellor as well.
She also claimed that Osborne had been ‘really responsible for a lot of terrible media messaging’ when it came to climate denial, to which co-host Ed Balls looked confused. Mallaghan then said he needed to do ‘a bit of heavy leading’, prompting Susanna to ask: ‘Go on, tell us what happened?’
Mallaghan then responded: ‘What happened with what, darling?’ After the briefest of pauses, and with a little laugh, Susanna hit back with: ‘Sorry, you don’t need to call me darling.’
The response was applauded by many viewers, who praised Susanna for addressing the comment and shutting it down immediately. Tweets were sent with messages such as: ‘“Sorry, don’t call me ‘Darling”. You tell her @susannareid100!!!’; ‘“Sorry Darling” Suzie did not like that. Love Reid’s Responce #GMB’; and ‘The horror on don’t call me DARLING Susanna’s face was brilliant.’
The presenter was widely praised for her response and many tweeted their appreciation for her handling of the situation. It's nice to see viewers are so supportive of Susanna and her interactions with guests on the show. It's definitely a reminder that she should be respected and not spoken to in a condescending manner.
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