ITV presenter Ed Balls has addressed his future on breakfast series GMB following “turbulent times” recently.
Former MP Ed, 57, came under fire from viewers last week after he and co-host Kate Garraway interviewed Home Secretary Yvette Cooper over scenes of civil unrest.
Accusations of a “conflict of interest” were levelled at Ed over the segment on Monday (August 5), as he is the husband of the senior Labour politician.
However, controversy over whether Ed may be considered suitably impartial for such a role was not the only issue to come under the spotlight.
Amid reports of thousands of complaints being sent to Ofcom, Ed was also blasted over his exchanges on the programme with another MP, too.
Ed Balls on GMB
That’s because, during the same episode, Ed and Kate had testy interactions with another guest, independent MP Zarah Sultana.
At one point he made out that Zarah was spraying “attacks” at him and GMB’s other pundits.
But he was also criticised for interrupting the Coventry South MP, with some social media users labelling Ed as “appalling”.
And it seems over 8,000 objections to Ed’s manner may have been logged, going by reports.
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Ed Balls on his GMB return
Over the weekend, however, it seems Ed may have settled into holiday mode for the next few weeks.
Sharing a snap of a huge pavlova on Instagram yesterday (Sunday August 11), Ed captioned his post: “What better way to celebrate the start of summer holidays than with a pavlova – our family favourite.”
Loved working with Kate last week during such national turbulent times.
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