GOOD Morning Britain has been hit by over 8,000 Ofcom complaints after Ed Balls interviewed his own wife, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper, on the ITV show. The complaints also related to his questioning of Labour MP Zarah Sultana as the show addressed the UK's far right riots . 6 Ed Balls laughed at Coventry South Labour MP Zarah Sultana on Monday and accused her of 'attacking' him 6 Ed later interviewed his own wife on GMB - now some viewers have called for him to be sacked Credit: ITV Viewers hit out on social media and branded the interviews on Monday "surreal" and "vile" with now 8,201 people lodging complaints to the telly watchdog.
Some ITV fans called for Ed, 57, to be sacked following a heated debate with Zarah, 30, over the interpretation of her comments about the current UK rioting. Zarah appeared in the ITV studio with Ed, co-host Kate Garraway and GMB pundits Andrew Pierce and Ben Bradshaw. The Coventry South Labour MP criticised prime minister Sir Keir Starmer for refusing to call the rioters “Islamophobic” and “racist”.
Kate asked why it was important to use that language, and Zara replied: "In Stockport, a mosque was targeted. "Bricks were thrown, people who were in the mosque were locked down, feared for their lives." Former Labour shadow chancellor, Ed interupted her and said: "Keir has condemned that.
" She then pointed out Ed's anti-immigration article from 2010 published in the The Guardian, saying: "Can I finish? Most read in TV SOCIAL STORM Premiersh.