{"id":251251,"date":"2025-11-08T12:51:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T12:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/251251\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T12:51:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T12:51:09","slug":"james-martin-faces-harsh-criticism-from-mum-over-s-decision-on-itvs-saturday-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/251251\/","title":{"rendered":"James Martin faces harsh criticism from mum over ‘s***’ decision on ITV’s Saturday Morning"},"content":{"rendered":"

James Martin has presented on Saturday morning television for over two decades but says his mum has one blunt criticism whenever he appears on screens<\/p>\n

07:30, 08 Nov 2025Updated 08:23, 08 Nov 2025<\/p>\n

\"TVJames Martin says his mum is often critical of his outfit choices(Image: ITV)<\/p>\n

James Martin is often on the end of blunt criticism from his mum. The 53-year-old has been a regular face on television screens since the 1990s.<\/a><\/p>\n

His Saturday Morning show is even set for a new slot on ITV<\/a> One next year as viewing figures continue to grow. The show, which began in 2017, will be extended until midday from January, reports the Mirror<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And while James has seen his audience share increase by around 8%, it seems his mum is often critical about one part of the programme. The Yorkshireman says his mum Sue often slams his outfit choices.<\/a><\/p>\n

Speaking to IrelandLive<\/a>, he said: \u201cUsually my mum phones me up and says, \u2018That shirt looks s*** \u2013 you can\u2019t wear that again\u2019. That\u2019s usually the comment I get on Saturday Morning \u2013 \u2018What the bloody hell are you wearing that shirt for?\u2019 That\u2019ll be the one, after all these years.\u201d<\/p>\n

James says his mum often sends him critiques of his look on screen. He explained she often says his hair \u201clooks a mess\u201d and asks if he had a night on the town before recording.<\/p>\n

\"ITVJames has been on Saturday morning television for two decades(Image: ITV)<\/p>\n

The chef however jokes that it \u201ckeeps him grounded\u201d. James has now been on Saturday morning television for over two decades, first on Saturday Kitchen on the BBC<\/a> before making the jump to ITV in 2017.<\/p>\n

James has previously revealed that the desire to pursue his own projects was part of the reason for the switch.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the Love Food show, James explained that ITV bosses ask what type of shows he wants to front.<\/p>\n

Discussing his TV career, James said: \u201cTelevision, I got dragged into it with the Hotel du Vin and I got dragged into it even more with the BBC and I think, having a reset, and by leaving that and resetting and going to ITV.<\/p>\n

\u201cITV were the first people in 30 years who said, ‘What do you want to do?’ And that’s when I sat in a meeting and said, ‘Look, I’d love to go back to where I used to work in France’.”<\/p>\n

\"JamesJames’ show is set to be extended next year(Image: ITV)<\/p>\n

James launched his illustrious career at Hotel Du Vin, where he became head chef at just 22 years old, a role that paved the way for his television debut on Ready Steady Cook and The Big Breakfast.<\/p>\n

Before joining the Winchester establishment, he refined his culinary skills at Hostellerie De Plaisance in Saint-\u00c9milion, France.<\/p>\n

James Martin\u2019s Saturday Morning will be back on screens from 9.30am today (November 8). This week Gavin & Stacey star Joanna Page, master mixologist Merlin Griffiths, and chefs Francesco Mazzei and Jude Kereama will join James at his Hampshire property.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"James Martin has presented on Saturday morning television for over two decades but says his mum has one…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":251252,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[243,96,22830,347,104703,68672,73162,5078,391,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-251251","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-bbc","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-gavin-and-stacey","11":"tag-itv","12":"tag-james-g-martin","13":"tag-joanna-page","14":"tag-merlin","15":"tag-saturday-kitchen","16":"tag-tv","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom","19":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251251","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=251251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251251\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}