Good Morning Britain host Richard Madeley is facing backlash over comments he made about Joe Biden.
On Monday morning’s episode of the show, hosts Richard Madeley and Charlotte Hawkins spoke extensively with guests and experts about the US presidential election and Biden’s decision to pull out of the race.
Among these guests was Nevada State Senator Pat Spearman, who discussed Vice President Kamala Harris potentially replacing Biden in the race.
While discussing this possibility with a guest, Madeley said: ‘I suppose the problem here for Kamala Harris is, certainly initially, she’s been part of a cover up.
‘There has been a cover-up to hide the fact that Joe Biden was not all there and hasn’t been all there for quite some time. She was part of that, how will she deal with that damage?’
Kristin Kaplan Wolfe immediately responded that she took great issue with the idea that there was some kind of cover up, to which he responded: ‘Oh come on, everyone was saying, “He’s fine, there’s no issue it’s just the jetlag.” Come on, he wasn’t well!’
She replied: ‘He is fine, in fact just having come out of that NATO meeting we had world leaders including our own Prime Minister here in the UK-‘
Richard interrupted her, pointing out that Biden introduced Ukrainian President VolodymyrZelensky as President Putin at a recent event, which Wolfe said they all joked about after.
She continued: ‘Keir Starmer even came out and said in his private meeting with the President that he had full command of the issues and they covered a lot of territory in just one hour.’
This comes after Madeley already faced backlash for again saying that President Biden is ‘not all there’ on the July 18 edition of the show.
X user @denisebennett wrote: ‘Even if Biden has some health issues, the repeated use of the phrase ‘not all there’ by Richard Madeley is insulting language to those living with dementia and cognitive impairment @GMB.’
User @GaylardJennifer agreed, posting: ‘Richard Madeley seems to speak without thinking of the consequences and whom he may be insulting.’
User @LoulaneQ wrote: ‘Embarrassing and depressing to watch Richard Madeley using outdated language and phrases to describe President Biden’s cognitive function. Offensive to viewers, and their families, who are suffering from dementia related diseases. Do better #GMB’
After the July 18 show, user @Imthatb30961354 posted: ‘#gmb I cannot believe you allow Richard Madeley to continue with the language he uses. Describing Biden as “Not all there” is so insensitive. His constant attempts to get a gotcha from David Lammy and in doing so causing damage to the US UK relationship. This is pathetic.’
This controversy comes after President Biden, who is currently self-isolating with Covid, made the announcement via a post on social media site X that he will be stepping out of the running.
He wrote: ‘It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your President.
‘And while it has been my intention to seek re-election, I believe it is in the best interests of my party and the country for me to stand down and to focus solely on fulfilling my duties as president for the remainder of my term.’
The decision follows his disastrous debate against Donald Trump on CNN late last month, in which he appeared confused and struggled to complete his sentences.
He appeared to rally in the days following the debate, but the weeks since have seen a myriad of unfortunate moments and increased calls for him to step aside.
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