Eamonn Holmes has been condemned for asking a This Morning guest whether he has an “issue” with the use of the word “slave”. On today’s episode of This Morning (26 August), presenters Holmes and Ruth Langsford hosted political activist Femi Oluwole and Nigel Farage, the leader of the Brexit Party, in a discussion on “Rule Britannia”.
Another wrote: “I’m disgusted, Eamonn Holmes asking a black man why he’s offended by the word ‘slave’ ?!
“Eamonn Holmes asking @Femi_Sorry why the word ‘Slave’ offends him is a new level of stupidity for Eamonn ‘Not quite Sherlock’ Holmes,” wrote one tweet.
Holmes then interrupted Oluwole to ask Farage whether we should have an “issue” with all national anthems.