Good Morning Britain viewers were left surprised by Richard Madeley's 'brutal' first question as he interviewed John Barrowman this morning.
The former Dancing On Ice judge appeared on the programme today to talk about his new tour and his hosting duties on All Star Musicals - but viewers tuning into the ITV show couldn't believe it when Richard opened with a savage question for the showbiz star.
John was accused of exposing himself on the set of Doctor Who, something he later defended as "high-spirited behaviour and tomfoolery".
After the accusations came to light, John said he "wanted to continue to move forward".
But as he was interviewed by Richard and his co-host Susanna Reid today, the topic was brought up again.
Richard began the chat by saying: "A lot of people in this country would have assumed your career was over. When all the reports came out of this party trick you used to do, which is basically exposing yourself to colleagues which you thought was very funny at the time, and all this came out - and it would seem to many of us that that kind of sunk your career.
"And yet, here we are talking about brand new projects. How did you turn it around?"
John seemed taken aback by the question as he paused, before replying: "I don't think it's me that has turned it around. The public understand that it was tomfoolery, that it was a joke and silliness and wasn't sexual harassment.
"And you say it was my party trick, but everybody who was there on set and part of the fun, all enjoyed and laughed about the silliness that went on ... Also, the cancel culture - they've tried to strip my career of over 35 years that I've worked very hard with and had a lot of fun and have been very open about all this silliness."
Viewers tuning into the ITV breakfast show were shocked by Richard's first question.
"Wow. I don’t think Barrowman was expecting that opening from Richard Madeley #GMB," one wrote, as a second added: "It doesn’t look like John Barrowman was expecting that question from Richard #GMB."
A third shared: "Richard went straight in the deep end no armbands #gmb," whilst a fourth penned on Twitter : "I don’t think John was expecting that first question #GMB."
"Richard Madeley interviewing John Barrowman is new levels of cringe I’ve not experienced before #GMB," a fifth wrote.
