{"id":14955,"date":"2025-07-22T07:52:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T07:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/14955\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T07:52:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T07:52:10","slug":"itv-good-morning-britain-viewers-switch-off-as-they-fume-over-stars-replacement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/14955\/","title":{"rendered":"ITV Good Morning Britain viewers &#8216;switch off&#8217; as they fume over star&#8217;s replacement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Morning Britain viewers shared their frustration just minutes into Tuesday&#8217;s live show<\/p>\n<p>07:19, 22 Jul 2025Updated 07:44, 22 Jul 2025<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/good-morning-britain\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Good Morning Britain<\/a> viewers &#8220;switched off&#8221; as they fumed over a star&#8217;s replacement on Tuesday (July 22).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">During today&#8217;s edition of the hit <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/itv\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ITV<\/a> programme, hosts <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/kate-garraway\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kate Garraway<\/a> and Ed Balls updated viewers with the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/tv\/tv-news\/itv-gmb-halted-breaking-news-35588361\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">latest news from across the UK and around the world<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/tv\/tv-news\/gmbs-laura-tobin-fans-speechless-33859559\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Laura Tobin was also in the studio<\/a> to deliver regular weather updates, while Jonathan Swain presented the rest of the day&#8217;s news.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Kate and Ed spoke about the new powers to tackle those making money from illegal immigrants crossing the channel, and unveiled a shocking investigation into female reproductive health care.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The hosts also interviewed JLS star JB Gill about his latest career adventure.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/4_Screenshot-3468.png\" alt=\"ITV Good Morning Britain viewers 'switch off' as they fume over star's replacement\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Good Morning Britain viewers were left frustrated on Tuesday(Image: ITV)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Elsewhere, regular commentator Kevin Maguire appeared to discuss the day&#8217;s topical stories, but his usual co-star Andrew Pierce was replaced by former Conservative MP <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/michael-gove\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Michael Gove<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">During the segment, Kevin and Michael disagreed over the small boats crisis and Nigel Farage&#8217;s &#8220;zero-tolerance&#8221; approach on crime.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">They also discussed the ongoing conflict in Gaza after the UK and 27 other countries have called for an immediate end to the war.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Speaking about the current Labour government, Michael said: &#8220;There&#8217;s a difference between what diplomacy can achieve and what the public want.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Kevin added: &#8220;You need lots of different policies, and I think you just get a change of government where you get a fresh approach. The old government has got bogged down. There&#8217;s no single measure that&#8217;ll solve [immigration].&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1_Screenshot-3471.png\" alt=\"Michael Gove\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Michael Gove made an unexpected appearance(Image: ITV)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">After spotting Michael on the show, many GMB viewers quickly took to X (formerly <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/twitter\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Twitter<\/a>) to share their frustration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;You&#8217;ve got to be joking? Bye,&#8221; one person wrote, with another adding: &#8220;Why is Michael Gove on <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/good-morning-britain\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">GMB<\/a> this morning? Defo switching over.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A third said: &#8220;Is it just me or is Gove getting way more talking time than Maguire?&#8221; with another sharing: &#8220;#GMB why do you have Gove on? No one wants to watch that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A fifth viewer echoed the sentiment, saying: &#8220;Michael Gove currently on #GMB. What a disgrace. Had to turn off after 2 mins.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Good Morning Britain airs weekdays on ITV1 and ITVX at 6am<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good Morning Britain viewers shared their frustration just minutes into Tuesday&#8217;s live show 07:19, 22 Jul 2025Updated 07:44,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14956,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,3327,347,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-14955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-good-morning-britain","tag-itv","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14955\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}