GB News slammed after host made ‘vile’ comment about Liam Payne’s death

GB News has been wide condemned for its sum of Liam Payne’s death, with fans branding 1 host’s comments ‘despicable’.

One Direction prima Payne died connected Wednesday at the property of 31 after falling from a third-floor balcony at Casa Sur Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

In the aftermath of the tragedy, fans person flooded societal media with tributes and fond memories of the singer, portion his loved ones and bandmates person expressed their heartache.

Payne’s untimely decease has been wide reported arsenic the details of his last moments stay unclear. However, 1 edifice impermanent said Payne was ‘passed retired and convulsing’ successful the lobby that afternoon.

The Strip That Down hitmaker spoke openly successful his second years astir his struggles with addiction, alcoholism, and intelligence health, having reportedly checked into a rehabilitation centre conscionable months ago.

Covering the aftermath of Payne’s fatal fall, GB News presenter Ben Leo conveyed his shock, but appalled viewers by calling the prima ‘drugged up’.

‘What bash you reckon of Liam Payne’s bittersweet passing successful the week?’, helium asked co-presenter Nana Akua.

He continued: ‘I saw it successful the week. I felt beauteous bittersweet for him. He’s a young feline with a seven-year-old child, but past I benignant of thought, you know, what are you doing, getting drugged up?’

Co-star Akua past reminded him: ‘We don’t cognize for sure.’

As the clip began circulating connected X, fans called the remarks ‘vile’ and urged the transmission to ‘do better’.

FreddySky declared the comments ‘truly repugnant’ portion _stphnjms asked: ‘How is this transmission inactive connected air?’

‘Addiction is simply a illness and everyone is conscionable 1 situation distant from making a determination they can’t travel backmost from. I’m disgusted by this’, wrote idiosyncratic LouiseScot51918.

‘Disgraceful’, wrote trixietrottsba1.

Tagging Ofcom, dm_2401 asked: ‘Making this benignant of remark aft the decease of Liam Payne??? Surely this is not acceptable?’

‘Absolutely disgusting’, added Mrstracynewbury.

Leo’s horrifying commentary comes conscionable aft helium wrote a tweet astir however ‘sad’ Payne’s decease is.

‘Shocking quality astir Liam Payne. No property to die, particularly with a young kid near behind. Cannot ideate the symptom his household and friends are feeling,’ helium said connected Thursday

‘Another reminder however fragile beingness is. Here 1 day, gone the next. Sad.’

Fans person since revisited the societal media station to impeach the presenter of ‘backpedaling’, with itsRyRyUK writing: ‘That’s not rather what you said connected aerial though is it?’

The GB News conception follows similar disapproval directed towards Sky News, who were branded ‘scum’ for comments made astir Bear Payne, whom the precocious instrumentalist shares with ex-girlfriend Cheryl.

A broadcaster said connected air: ‘I retrieve erstwhile Bear was calved and we were laughing astatine the sanction due to the fact that it’s rather funny.’

In response, viewers noted it was a ‘strange happening to bring up’, with X idiosyncratic GJ69 reminding her: ‘That kid, anserine sanction oregon not, conscionable mislaid their dad’.

Payne’s father arrived successful the Argentina superior this weekend to organise repatriations of his son’s body, besides attending a vigil extracurricular the edifice alongside fans.

Speaking aft the tragic quality broke, Payne’s household – consisting of dada Geoff, mum Karen, and sisters Ruth and Nicola – said successful a statement: ‘We are heartbroken.

‘Liam volition everlastingly unrecorded successful our hearts and we’ll retrieve him for his kind, comic and brave soul.

‘We are supporting each different the champion we tin arsenic a household and inquire for privateness and abstraction astatine this atrocious time.’

Meanwhile, bandmates Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan, and Harry Styles issued a associated message.

‘We’re wholly devastated by the quality of Liam’s passing,’ the band, who went connected hiatus successful 2015 pursuing Malik’s departure from the five-piece, wrote.

They added: ‘In time, and erstwhile everyone is capable to, determination volition beryllium much to say. But for now, we volition instrumentality immoderate clip to grieve and process the nonaccomplishment of our brother, who we loved dearly.

‘The memories we shared with him volition beryllium treasured forever. For now, our thoughts are with his family, his friends, and the fans who loved him alongside us.

‘We volition miss him terribly. We emotion you Liam.’

Tomlinson, Malik, Horan, and Styles proceeded to stock their ain idiosyncratic tributes for their ‘brother’ to their millions of societal media fans.

Police successful Buenos Aires person said a preliminary autopsy suggests Payne died from outer and interior bleeding injuries.

Investigations are continuing into the circumstances surrounding his death.

GB News has been contacted for comment.

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