Richard Madeley stuns outraged Good Morning Britain viewers over autism questions to Undateables star
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Good Morning Britain viewers have moved to blast Richard Madeley.
The outrage was sparked by the GMB presenter on Friday.
Social media was awash with criticism for Madeley after the questions he posed to the mother of a man with autism.
The subject of conversation was meant to be about how Daniel Wakeford has a new album That's How I See It, which is why he went on the show alongside his mother to promote it.
Richard, replacing Piers Morgan on the ITV1 daytime favourite, demanded to know whether the star of the popular Channel 4 programme the Undateables, Daniel Wakeford, has always had the condition, The Mirror reports.
The demanding question asked by Richard to Daniels' mum was: "The thing with Daniel is, he has autism but is very intelligent and as we can see extremely talented.
"Has Daniel always been autistic?"
Looking shocked and taken aback, the mum replied: "Yes, well there is controversy about that.
"We realised around 18 months that there was a problem. He is on the autistic spectrum with a comprehensive speech disorder," she added.
While she handled the situation with professionalism, viewers couldn't believe their ears - with some even calling for Richard to face the sack over his comment.
I feel I am now in the politics section discussing SJW's but this is my take.
There is nothing wrong with Madely asking a question about Daniel Wakefield's autism since his autism is a key element in that show.
I believe the question was asked out of ignorance not malice towards autistic people so I do not believe he should be sacked.
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