Awkward moment ITV host Susanna Reid asks Labour shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves about her haircut
, 2022-09-26 06:31:26,
Awkward moment Good Morning Britain host Susanna Reid asks Labour’s shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves about her new haircut … as Ed Balls notes ‘it’s a good thing I didn’t ask that question’
- Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves quizzed about new haircut in TV interview
- ITV presenter Susanna Reid jokes Labour politician has had ‘a cut of her own’
- Co-host Ed Balls notes it’s ‘a good job I didn’t ask that’ in awkward exchange
- Social media users blast Ms Reid’s ‘sexist’ focus on Ms Reeves’ appearance
Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves was awkwardly quizzed about her new haircut this morning as she began a TV interview on Labour’s economic agenda.
Ahead of her keynote speech today at Labour’s conference in Liverpool, Ms Reeves appeared on ITV’s Good Morning Britain as she continued her attack on the Government’s tax cuts.
But, before she could spell out what Labour would do differently if they were in power, Ms Reeves was first grilled about her appearance by host Susanna Reid.
The ITV presenter joked that Ms Reeves had undergone ‘a cut of your own’ as she noted the politician’s shortened hair.
The uncomfortable exchange left fellow host Ed Balls, a former Labour shadow chancellor himself, to state how it was ‘a good job I didn’t ask that question’.
Social media users blasted Ms Reid’s ‘sexist’ focus on Ms Reeves’ appearance.
Ms Reeves was expected to use her Labour conference speech today to announce her party’s plans to create an £8billion sovereign wealth fund to invest in green projects such as battery factories and wind farms.
Yet fashion came before fiscal matters on Good Morning Britain this morning, as Ms Reid asked: ‘It looks like you’ve had a cut of your own! Have you had your hair chopped in time for conference?’
Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves was awkwardly quizzed about her new haircut this morning as she appeared on ITV’s Good Morning Britain
Show host Susanna Reid joked that Ms Reeves had undergone ‘a cut of your own’ as she noted the politician’s shortened hair before asking her about the Government’s tax cuts
The uncomfortable exchange left co-host Ed Balls, a former Labour shadow chancellor himself, to state how it was ‘a good job I didn’t ask that question’
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