Susanna Reid praised by GMB viewers as she 'tears' MP apart live on air
Good Morning Britain presenter Susanna Reid has been praised by viewers after she "tore into" Robert Jenrick during a heated interview on Monday's show.
Susanna Reid has been praised by viewers for her fierce grilling of Robert Jenrick during a fiery interview.
The shadow Lord Chancellor and Shadow Secretary of State for Justice made headlines after footage of him challenging TFL commuters over fare evasion went viral.
In one tense moment captured on film, a man on an escalator hinted he was armed with a blade to deter Jenrick from questioning him further.
Despite the politician's efforts to steer the conversation back to fare evasion during Monday's Good Morning Britain, Susanna zeroed in on the alarming revelation of a knife-carrying passenger.
She interrogated him about his failure to alert the police after being informed that someone had a knife on the underground, expressing her outrage: "Somebody told you that they were carrying a knife on the London Underground and you didn't report it to the police."
Her concern escalated as she added: "I travel on the tube, my kids travel on the tube, and someone has just told you, a former shadow minister, someone who is concerned about policing and obeying the law, you're worried about fare-dodging, I'm worried about people carrying knives, and you didn't report it to the police?"
Jenrick defended his decision not to contact the authorities, insisting: "It's not about me."
However, Susanna wasn't having any of it, sharply criticising him by saying, "I don't want to be disrespectful to you, you made it all about you."
She concluded with a pointed remark about the video: "The video was literally all about you—it's you walking around tube stations, confronting people.
"So to say that you didn't report what was said to you because you're saying you didn't want to make it all about you is disingenuous."
Her approach received widespread acclaim from viewers, with one individual remarking: "Brilliant watching him get torn apart."
Another hailed Susanna as "brilliant", while another commented: "This is why the country is in such a mess. Our "leaders" have not got a clue. Absolutely disgusting. More concerned with fair dodging then the life's of citizens!! So out of touch with reality..." (sic).
"Good on you, Susanna, holding him accountable," a fourth penned.
"Jenrick was owned and humiliated," another added.
Good Morning Britain airs weekdays from 6am on ITV1.
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