ITV Good Morning Britain viewers fume as Richard Madeley makes 'car crash' error with Max George's name

Good Morning Britain viewers called Richard Madeley a 'nuisance' as he returned to the show on Wednesday. The presenter was fronting the ITV news programme alongside Charlotte Hawkins ahead of the long Bank Holiday weekend for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.

Things got off to a feisty start when Richard lost his temper with Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland, Ian Murray, who the hosting duo quizzed on 'beergate' which is currently surrounding the Labour Party.

The 66-year-old TV star blasted the Labour MP for not directly answering his question about who could be in the running to replace Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer if a police investigation finds that he was in breach of lockdown rules last April and issues him with a fine.

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However, the tables were turned on Richard when later in the show he and Charlotte were joined live in the studio by Max George. The Wanted singer appeared live on GMB a day after speaking out about his bandmate Tom Parker's death in his first interview on This Morning.

Max was on the programme to talk about his best friend's passing as well as the late star's book, Hope, which was written in the 12 months before Tom died and released last week, two months after his tragic death at 33.

The Bolton-born singer also spoke about how is own battle with his mental health lead to him being involved in and NHS campaign. He has appeared in a video alongside other famous faces as part of the health service's 'Help' mental health campaign.

Richard and Charlotte asked Max how his mental health is now as he copes with the grief of losing his bandmate and 'brother'. While he said mentally