Trisha Goddard says GMB and This Morning only employ black presenters in ‘jokey’ roles
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Trisha Goddard has suggested that ITV’s daytime shows only employ black presenters in “jokey” roles. “They do have black people involved in This Morning and Good Morning Britain but having them as the weatherman or the jokey competition person,” Goddard said. “As with Andi Peters and Alison Hammond, again it puts you in a position.” However, Goddard did add hat she understands that the respective editors of This Morning and Good Morning Britain, Martin Frizell and Neil Thompson, aren’t entirely at fault for the problems. The producers don’t have 100 per cent autonomy at all.” Goddard recently revealed that she and her family had experienced racist abuse after comedian Leigh Francis donned blackface and prosthetics to impersonate her on his early Noughties sketch show Bo’ Selecta.
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