This Morning viewers were quick to pick up on the tension between contributors Ashley James and Camilla Tominey, as the pair clashed on the ITV daytime show on Wednesday
This Morning watchers were left gobsmacked as Ashley James and Camilla Tominey were embroiled in a series of fiery exchanges live on the air. Gracing the screens on Wednesday (January 29), the pair joined hosts Ben Shephard and Cat Deeley to discuss the day’s biggest stories, but it wasn’t long before the sparks began to fly.
The two guests began butting heads, with viewers immediately sensing the frosty atmosphere. Rushing to Twitter to voice their reactions, one viewer exclaimed: “These 2 women don’t like each other do they.”
Another sharply critiqued Camilla Tominey’s manner towards the ex-Made in Chelsea favourite: “@CamillaTominey yet again being exceedingly rude and patronising to Ashley James.”
Viewers felt as though Camilla Tominey had been patronising to fellow contributor Ashley James
The clashes seemed to be a source of entertainment for some, with a spectator commenting: “I have got my popcorn ready for round two between Ashley and Camilla. These women will definitely fight this morning.”
Curious about the origins of the dispute, another tweeted: “What’s this beef between these two today on #thismorning first time during news review both guests have clashed so much,” reports the Express.
Some found the tension uncomfortable, as reflected in a tweet: “Well watching that was awkward, Camilla was quite nasty in my opinion, Ashley was embarrassed and couldn’t get a word in, not nice to watch in the morning.”
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The sentiment was echoed by another, who remarked on the abrupt end to the segment: “This morning had to end this segment abruptly because i think they were sensing that it was getting ugly between Ashley and Camilla. Can we have the two women again tomorrow? I enjoyed the aggressiveness between them, it was awkward though.”
Ashley James is a regular on ITV’s This Morning, with the TV presenter often stopping by to take part in debates. Last year, she slammed one guest as “dangerous” as they spoke about the return of Loaded magazine. Executive Editor of the magazine, Danni Levy, argued that men are “not allowed to be unapologetic straight men” anymore with male suicide accounting for the highest death rate amongst men under 50 in the UK, to which Ashley fired back: “It’s very interesting that you rightly bring up the male suicide rate, I don’t think men are committing suicide because they can’t ogle women and be men.
“Men are, disproportionately committing suicide because of toxic masculinity, which puts men in a box and says: ‘Men can’t discuss feelings, men can’t be open about feelings.’ Men have to be men in the stereotypical ways that you say, of course a man is allowed to say that a woman is attractive in the same way that a woman is allowed to say that a man is attractive.”
She added: “But when you say that men are red blooded and they need to be men and by that you’re saying they should be allowed to look at women in a certain way and you’re insinuating that because equality has progressed and feminism has progressed, and in a way that now men can’t ogle women. I think it’s a really disappointing and quite dangerous thing to say.”
