ITV Good Morning Britain viewers complain show is 'wasting time' as they interview teen who fled home to join Ukraine army

Good Morning Britain viewers were left unimpressed and accused the show of 'wasting time' as they interviewed a British teen who headed to join the Ukraine army despite having no military experience. Martin Lewis and Susanna Reid were hosting Monday's edition of the ITV news programme when they were joined by the boy - known as Alex - and his mum for an anonymous interview.

The 19-year-old, who described his trip as a 'suicide mission', spoke about how he fled his home before returning after just six days in the war-torn Eastern European country once he realised what he had signed up for.

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"You'd gone out there in order to help?" Susanna, 52, began the questioning after a voiceover told 'Alex's' story through a series of clips. "Did you go out there in order to fight?"

"It wasn't really about fighting," the teen admitted. "it was more about putting a smile on someone's face when they're walking past that borderline or putting a smile on someone's face who is walking miles and miles."

"You could have gone to Poland and helped, couldn't you? The refugee effort, but you went into Ukraine," the host then pointed out as Alex explained he had to sign a contract when he arrived in Ukraine to join the army.

Martin then joined in the conversation and said: "Looking at you now, and you'll excuse me for saying this, you look 19. You look like you're just out of school, you're a young man, you've got no military experience whatsoever.

"What did you think you were doing in reality? Have you ever been interested in joining the Armed Forces? Was this totally out of the blue or was this a lifelong