Rylan Clark hit back at viewers who accused him of being 'too rich' to understand the energy crisis as he hosted ITV's This Morning alongside Ruth Langsford on Friday morning. It came as the pair reacted to the news that the energy price cap would soar by around 80 per cent to £3,549 from October.
Rylan told viewers that he had been receiving messages suggesting he had nothing to worry about, with Ruth admitting that she too had received similar messages. Tweets on the show hashtag included: "Ruth and Rylan are rich and have loads of money, look at them with their fake concerned faces."
But Rylan hit back as he insisted that the price hike would "affect every single person we know", The Mirror reports. Good Morning Britain hosts Kate Garraway and Adil Ray broke the news to ITV viewers earlier on Friday morning that the "stark" increase from October 1 had been revealed.
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As Kate discussed the "urgency" of the matter, co-star Jonathan Swain shared concern that the amount could increase again in the New Year by up to £5,000. Kate had said: "We have breaking news this morning. Energy regulator Ofgem within the last few seconds have announced the energy price cap will rise from £1,971, to £3,549. This means millions of households will face an 80 percent rise in energy bills from October."
Money saving expert Martin Lewis appeared on GMB, Lorraine and This Morning to offer advice about the price hikes. Begging the government to act now, he shared his outrage at the situation.
Ruth and Rylan backed Martin, and thanked him for his advice. Both hosts branded the price cap increase and the lack of help from the government "disgusting".
After the show returned from an advert break, he spoke out about messages he had received, saying: "I should just say this as well, and this is a very personal thing I'm going to say. You get a lot of people saying, 'what do you know? You've got money, you're a TV presenter' and things like that. Let me just say, I'll be honest with you.
"I've also got a mum, I've also got a brother, I've got family. I'm very lucky that I do my job and I've been working in this industry for 10 years now, and I've been very clever with my money. But this is affecting everyone, this is gonna affect every single person we know and it's all very relative, so we're gonna ask those questions. I just think it's absolutely disgusting what is going on at the moment, I really, really do."
Ruth added: "I take your point because I get the same. It is our job to ask those questions." Rylan then said: "We're gonna help, that's what we're gonna do."
Many viewers backed Rylan for his comments, with one writing on Twitter : "Go Rylan...talking sense, I like his passion and his presenting." Another agreed: "Well done @Rylan," as a third added: "Loving @Rylan on #ThisMorning speaking for us all and his passion. Get them told."
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