Good Morning Britain Viewers Cringe At Richard Madeley's Essex Accent

Good Morning Britain viewers were not impressed at presenter Richard Madeley's take on an Essex accent this morning.

While discussing the decision to make Southend-on-Sea into a city - to honour the late MP Sir David Amess who had been campaigning for the change for years - Richard, who was actually born in Romford, attempted the accent.

You can watch the clip below:

"Richard I know you take issue with the fact it's called a seaside town," Susanna says.

"No I'm on the cusp of that I mean... it's Southend on estuary... it's the river init', you can see the other side of the estuary," said Richard, in his Essex accent.

"If you live in Essex, it's a constant argument we have with ourselves, is it by the sea or is it by the river."

But other GMB viewers were not impressed, with one tweeting: "Essex people really do not argue whether Southend is on the sea or an estuary... Also why is Richard putting a really bad Southern accent...cringe! #gmb."

While another said: "Does Richard Madeley come from Essex, how many more times do he have to impose that annoying irritating accent?#GMB."

Yikes!

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Richard was criticised during Monday's episode, after he made a comment about Kate Middleton's body.

The comment was made during a segment about the Earthshot Prize Awards - in which the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were in attendance over the weekend.

The ceremony is held to raise awareness of the impact of climate change, and awards five £1million prizes every year for people who have created incredible innovations aimed at tackling climate change.

After watching a video clip of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge at the awards, Richard made a comment about Kate's figure.

"She’s so slim isn’t she, Kate," he said, to which Susanna replied: "She is, isn’t she?"

"Tiny, tiny waist," Richard added, with Susanna commenting: "She looks absolutely terrific."

The conversation moved swiftly on, but GMB viewers were left unimpressed.

One asked: "Shouldn’t he be focused on what #EarthshotLondon2021 was about, not Kate Middleton’s waist line."

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