Richard Madeley asks if Putin is ‘unbalanced’

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Ukrainian MP Lesia Vasylenko appeared on Monday’s Good Morning Britain, where she explained why she was prepared to risk her life for her country. The MP told ITV hosts Richard Madeley and Susanna Reid why she fled the country with her three children, before returning to Ukraine to fight back against the Russian army.

Madeley began the interview by asking Vasylenko whether she could shoot someone if she had to.

“Can I ask you a very difficult, personal question?” Madeley asked. 

“You are a cultured, civilised human being, you’re a democratically elected MP, you’re a mother of three as we said, and you now have an AK47 propped up in the corner and you’re said you’re prepared to use it.

“Can I just ask you about that last bit? Are you really capable as the person as I’ve just described, the person looking down a barrel of a rifle and shooting somebody dead?”

“The AK47 sits in the other room,” the MP replied as she held up another gun to the screen.

“I have another gun which I carry with me all the time, I sleep with it, I go to the bathroom with it. Do I have a choice? No, I do not have a choice.”

Madeley’s questions left GMB viewers fuming, and many took to social media to share their thoughts.

User @Angel raged: “Please get Madeley off. His so-called ‘interviewing’ of this Ukrainian MP is absolutely stupid and more importantly disrespectful. A***.” (sic)

Stephanie wrote: “@GMB why is Richard Madeley smirking when talking about this awful war? He’s so cringey I can’t bear to watch.”

More to follow…

Good Morning Britain airs weekdays at 6am on ITV.

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