Good Morning Britain’s Adil Ray calls out racist abuse he and fellow co-hosts Alex Beresford and Sean Fletcher have received while presenting show
Adil Ray has revealed the abuse he, Alex Beresford and Sean Fletcher have had to deal with during their presenting stints on Good Morning Britain.
The presenter, 46, spoke candidly about the racist trolling the GMB presenters are subjected to online during Wednesday’s edition of the show, and insisted while there have been some improvements with representation, more needs to be done.
Speaking on the ITV breakfast show, Adil – who has been co-hosting during Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid’s summer break – began on a positive note: ‘There have been changes on screen and we recognise that – I mean, we’re here right now.
Disappointing: Good Morning Britain’s Adil Ray calloed ut racist abuse he and fellow co-hosts Alex Beresford and Sean Fletcher have received while presenting, on Wednesday’s show
‘Even though it’s not permanent jobs, things have definitely changed.’
His co-presenter Ranvir Singh pointed out that there is a lot of ‘nonsense’ that BAME people suffer on social media.
She added: ‘You do get trolled for it – you get a lot of Twitter nonsense. You were reading out a lot this morning, I don’t know if you want to go into it.’
Adil responded: ‘Oh we do get trolled for it. I don’t want to go into it, but I know Alex Beresford and Sean Fletcher got it last week. We are part of the change.’
Representation: Adil began on a positive note: ‘There have been changes on screen and we recognise that – I mean, we’re here right now’ (pictured Alex on Friday)
Struggle: Adil claimed, ‘we do get trolled for it. I don’t want to go into it, but I know Alex Beresford and Sean Fletcher (pictured) got it last week’
The Citizen Khan actor tried to focus on the positives, and ‘the amount of love’ he’s felt from most viewers.
He explained: ‘We do get grief on television, it’s part of the job. But what I’ve done over the past seven weeks on this show, is concentrate on the amount of love.
‘I spend less time on social media and just learnt to ignore the minority views and embrace the love.’
Reflecting: Adil claimed that they were ‘part of the change’, as he tried to focus on the positives, and ‘the amount of love’ he’s felt from most viewers
Last month, Adil admitted he will only be using the social media platform to promote his work rather than engaging with followers, as he pointed to the abuse he receives on the site.
He tweeted: ‘I have chosen to no longer look at my mentions regularly. I’ll just be posting to plug my work & campaigns. The racism is far too much & damaging.
‘I’m sorry I won’t get to see the nice tweets at times. Do find me at Instagram which is a much more pleasant place right now.’
Decision: Last month, Adil admitted he will only be using the social media platform to promote his work rather than engaging with followers, as he pointed to the abuse he receives