On Tuesday morning, Good Morning Britain’s Susanna Reid and Richard Madeley were bringing ITV viewers the latest headlines.
Good Morning Britain’s Susanna Reid was left in hysterics during Tuesday’s show.
It comes after the presenters spoke about Ed Sheeran’s recent confession that he would’ve declined his vocals being used in the upcoming re-release of Band-Aid’s song for its 40th anniversary.
Susanna mentioned Bob Geldof’s strong thoughts as Richard Madeley added: “He’s been very trenchant, we can’t repeat them, but he’s basically said, ‘if this is patronising colonial my backside’. Except he didn’t say backside, it rhymes with farts.”
His ITV co-star was instantly in hysterics over Richard’s comment as she commented: “I’m not sure we avoided the Ofcom ruling on that one!”
Good Morning Britain’s Susanna Reid in hysterics over Richard Madeley’s Ofcom ‘break’
Giving viewers more context to their upcoming discussion, they detailed how Ed Sheeran has expressed his understanding of the song, and the charity narrative has completely changed.
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Susanna added: “He’s shared a message from his friend, the musician, Fuse ODG who says, ‘Band Aid perpetuates damaging stereotypes'”.
Later on in the programme, Fuse would join Richard and Susanna to explain his thoughts further as the show was debating whether or not it’s time to scrap Band Aid completely.
In 1984, the original Band Aid single, Do They Know It’s Christmas, was released with the likes of Phil Collins, Boy George, David Bowie and George Michael providing vocals for the track.
Susanna and Richard were going to be discussing if Band Aid should be scrapped
The aim was to raise funds for charities working with starving children in Ethiopia. Since then, it’s been re-recorded twice, once in 2004 and again in 2014.
With its 40th year anniversary coming up, it was announced a new version of the charity song would be released, blending the ones over the years.
Ed Sheeran, who appeared on the song back in 2014, took to social media to share his thoughts on the matter.
He wrote: “My approval wasn’t sought on this new Band Aid 40 release and had I had the choice I would have respectfully declined the use of my vocals.
Ed Sheeran shared he would’ve declined his vocals being used in the re-release (
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Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)“A decade on and my understanding of the narrative associated with this has changed, eloquently explained by @fuseodg. This is just my personal stance, I’m hoping it’s a forward-looking one. Love to all x.”
However, Sir Bob Geldof, who organised and co-wrote the track, has slammed the criticism and defended the song.
He commented: “This little pop song has kept hundreds of thousands if not millions of people alive,” reports BBC.
Sir Bob continued: “In fact, just today Band Aid has given hundreds of thousands of pounds to help those running from the mass slaughter in Sudan and enough cash to feed a further 8,000 children in the same affected areas of Ethiopia as 1984.
“Those exhausted women who weren’t raped and killed and their panicked children and any male over 10 who survived the massacres and those 8,000 Tigrayan children will sleep safer, warmer, and cared for tonight because of that miraculous little record.
“We wish that it were other, but it isn’t. ‘Colonial tropes’, my a**e.”
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