This morning (April 1) on Good Morning Britain (GMB), presenter Kate Garraway was forced to apologise to viewers when Dame Esther Rantzen said a word that wasn’t appropriate “for breakfast television”.

Dame Esther was discussing assisted dying on the show, something she is passionate about as she believes people should be given an option to end their suffering with medical help when they are ill.

The Childline founder and former broadcaster was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer in January 2023, and has since been a leading voice in the campaign to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales.

While speaking over the phone and during her response, she used the word ‘crap’, which Kate apologised for.

Good Morning Britain presenters over the years

Although she acknowledged the blunder, Kate found the humour in it and said that she forgave Dame Esther for the language used.

GMB rounded up the conversation in a video on X, leaving out the blunder from Dame Esther, commenting: “Dame Esther Rantzen has claimed that most people in Britain “want and need” the assisted dying bill and has spent the last few years campaigning for the bill.”

Before Rantzen spoke over the phone, Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, who opposes the assisted dying bill, had her say.

The GMB coverage this morning comes as “supporters and opponents of the Assisted Dying Bill have now acknowledged that the legislation will not become law in the current session of Parliament”, it explained in a post on X.

She said at the moment, there are still lots of amendments that haven’t been debated.

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What is the assisted dying bill?

The assisted dying bill is being campaigned for by people who believe that when people are ill, they should have a choice to medically end their life to stop suffering from an illness.

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