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GMB viewers aren’t happy about Richard Madeley hosting again

They were expecting Ben Shephard...

Some Good Morning Britain viewers were disappointed again today to find the presenters they love waking up to missing from their screens.

Yesterday fans of Piers Morgan wondered where he was when he was replaced by former This Morning host Richard Madeley.

Piers later tweeted to reassure them he was well, explaining his absence was down to a trip to sunny Beverley Hills.

Richard again joined Susanna Reid and Kate Garraway today and some viewers were still not happy about it, even though Piers wouldn’t usually appear on the show on Thursdays.

Some viewers tweeted to say they thought Richard was trying too hard to emulate Piers with an aggressive interview style at times, particularly after he got heated with an MP during a Brexit debate and often interrupted him.

Others compared Richard to comedy character Alan Partridge.

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Meanwhile, some people at home were disappointed that Richard’s presence was due to Thursday’s usual host Ben Shephard being absent, and questioned where he was.

But not everyone was annoyed by the new presenting team. Some were delighted to see Richard, who presented This Morning with his wife Judy for 14 years, back on breakfast telly.

During his time on the show, Richard revealed that after his appearance yesterday he was told he bears a resemblance to another famous face – and he wasn’t too happy about it.

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He said: “A viewer contacted me to say there son was watching and asked ‘is that Donald Trump, Mummy?’ Why would he think that? It must be my hair!”