Yahoo News Good Morning Britain blasted for ‘sexist’ and ‘ageist’ Madonna debate: ‘Stop shaming women’
Good Morning Britain came under fire for a “sexist” debate over whether or not Madonna should cover up after turning 60.
Broadcast journalist Rebecca Jane left viewers horrified as she slated the Queen of Pop for being an “embarrassment” and looking “horrendous”.
Eamonn Holmes kicked off the discussion, asking: “Should she be putting it away?”
Jane replied: “She’s an attention seeker. Getting up in the front of a car and twerking. At the end of the day Piers Morgan agrees with me.”
She claimed her outlandish outfits and stage shows distract younger audiences from focusing on her biggest achievements and charity work.
“Madonna doesn’t look fantastic,” she said. “She is taking away from all the good stuff she is doing. Today’s generation don’t know about all the good stuff she’s done because she does these embarrassing acts. They’re too focused on all this attention seeking stuff. She’s not selling singles. I think she’s horrendous.”
Ranvir Singh and fellow guest star Linda Lusardi berated Jane for her comments with viewers slamming the show for allowing a debate on ageing women, claiming male artists would not spark such discussions.
One tweeted: “Did this chick just call Madonna embarrassing?! Sorry what. It's Madonna. 60 or 600 let the gal wear and do what she wants, who is she hurting?! People are so stuck up #GMB.”
Another posted: “Do you ask the oldies from the rolling stones etc. to act their age?? It is sexist. Be who you are! @GMB #MadonnaAt60 #gmb.”
Apparently #GMB are debating today whether or not Madonna should “cover up” now she’s sixty. Here’s an idea, let women dress however they like and stop objectifying them. Don’t remember any segments about any famous men having to cover up when they turned sixty?
— Kristian Ross (@Kristian7Ross) August 16, 2018
Don't make a big thing about Madonna hitting 60 she has looked 60 for years #gmb #MadonnaAt60 #RanveerSingh #goodmorningbritain
— John Balmer (@BalmerJohn) August 16, 2018
It’s time GMB stopped asking such sexist and ageist questions. https://t.co/6Fo71EAgJC
— Coral DeVille (@CoralDeVille) August 16, 2018
Stop shaming Women. Madonna has been wearing and doing as she pleases for 60 years, she's entitled to do what she wants with herself. Trash poll @GMB, ageist, and quite frankly sexist as you'd never tweet the same about a man. #MadonnaAt60 https://t.co/OiS30ieb3F
— Sam (@Sn4tchg4me) August 16, 2018
@susannareid100 as a woman are you ashamed of this tweet by your employer @GMB vilifying @Madonna on her birthday in an ageist, sexist and misogynistic manner ? I’ve screen grabbed it in case the moron who posted it now deletes it. https://t.co/UfbHF7Qf6D
— CRAIG's CONTINUUM (@CraigsContinuum) August 16, 2018
Madonna turned 60 today, with Christine Lampard also marking the milestone occasion on Lorraine.
But she got an early morning shock after one of Madonna’s former backing dancers dropped the f-bomb while discussing the pop superstar’s reinventions.
Carlton Wilborn said: “The way that she, three, four, seconds studied her face. I was like oh my God that’s the Madonna person and then she sat back in her chair. I was like [gasp], holy f***!”
Lampard gasped in shock before telling viewers: “Unfortunately I’m going to have to apologise for your language. I know you’re excited about her birthday today but maybe not quite that excited.
“We’re terribly sorry if we’ve affected anyone’s breakfast.”
