Richard Madeley goes ‘full Alan Partridge’ in GMB interview with naked anti-Brexit protester
'Cancel the Alan Partridge comeback, this is all we need'
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Your support makes all the difference.Richard Madeley is being lampooned after going “full Alan Partridge” while interviewing a naked anti-Brexit campaigner on Good Morning Britain.
Producers invited Dr Victoria Bateman onto the show that currently has Madeley standing in for Piers Morgan.
Viewers were left cringing as Madeley awkwardly attempted to describe the graffiti a nude Bateman had drawn on her body that was blurred out by bosses.
Social media was afire with posts claiming that Madeley was speaking like a real-life version of Partridge, the beloved character played by Steve Coogan. One Twitter user branded it "TV gold".
“Richard Madeley interviewing a naked female lecturer on @GMB. Cancel the Alan Partridge comeback, this is all we need,” one Twitter user wrote, while another quipped that the presenter was “only a heartbeat away from asking someone to 'smell my cheese'”, which is one of the character's most famous quotes.“
Bateman recently made headlines after challenging Jacob Rees-Mogg to a naked debate.
You can see a selection of the funniest tweets in response to Madeley's interview technique below.
Partridge is set to return in a brand new six-part comedy series that will see him take on hosting duties for a live BBC programme promised to feature “a heady mix of consumer affairs, current affairs, viewer interaction, highbrow interview and lightweight froth”.
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