ITV stars Susanna Reid and Ed Balls caused mixed reactions from Good Morning Britain viewers.
Susanna Reid and Ed Balls sparked a debate on Wednesday’s show(Image: ITV)
Good Morning Britain viewers were less than impressed with the ITV show during Wednesday’s episode (March 4)
During the programme, presenter Ed Balls informed his co-star Susanna Reid, who recently addressed a mistake on the show, that he had made a Shepherd’s Pie for dinner on Tuesday night with beef mince.
He replied: “That’s what proper Shepherd’s Pie is-” Cutting him off, Susanna replied: “No, Shepherd’s Pie is with lamb mince. You made a cottage pie!”
Ed added: “If we did a poll of our viewers, in their lives, was Shepherd’s Pie made with beef or lamb’, 70% of people would say beef.”
Wanting to settle the debate, Good Morning Britain’s official X account asked their viewers in a poll.
They asked: “@edballs has revealed that he made a shepherd’s pie with beef mince last night, but @susannareid100, @Kevin_Maguire and Kwasi Kwarteng say Ed made a cottage pie. Help us settle the debate: Is it OK to make shepherd’s pie with beef mince?”
However, it was clear people weren’t thrilled with the question, as many flocked to comment on the topic.
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One person said: “What utter garbage for a news or even a current affairs programme.” Another reeled: “Is this even a newsworthy debate: how or what Balls cooks for dinner?”
Someone else commented: “That’s your take on world news.” As another shared: “This is taking up airtime. Wtf.”
However, some fans were thrilled to take part in the debate, as one person commented: “Morning, I’m with Ed. I don’t eat Lamb, but I’ve had many tasty Shepherds pies, made with beef.”
Later on in the show, Susanna remarked: “We are losing sleep this morning on whether a pie topped with potato and mince is a Shepherd’s Pie, if it’s made with beef mince.
“My view is that it’s clearly a cottage pie, your view is that it’s clearly a Shepherd’s Pie, despite the fact that Shepherds don’t look after cows.”
While Ed insisted that he was correct, there are some people who are a ‘bit fussy’ over what is correct.
Speaking about the poll, Susanna added: “Obviously, we’re in the middle of conflict, and there are, as we understand, more important things to talk about. But, we’re on air for three and a half hours every morning, so real life does go on, doesn’t it?
“We put a Twitter poll up, help us settle the debate: is it OK to make Shepherd’s Pie with beef mince? No, 63.4%, of course it isn’t.”
Good Morning Britain is available to watch weekdays on ITV from 6am.
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