Eamonn Holmes was forced to apologise after he made a racial slur live on air during an interview with Kerry Katona.
Kerry was a guest on yesterday’s GB News Breakfast With Eamonn And Ellie to talk about plastic surgery procedures she had undergone.
While talking about the eye lift she had last year she pointed to her eyelids to describe what she had done to which Eamonn asked: "Are you happy with the eyes?"
The former Atomic Kitten star replied: "I had them done over a year ago now. You know all it was I could... it was making my eyes feel a bit heavy so I had an uplift. But what I don't like is when..."
But she was then cut off by Eamonn who said: "And you don't look Oriental or anything do you?"
Kerry looked stunned and stayed silent for a few seconds before replying she didn't and adding that she was happy with how the surgery had gone.
After the interview finished, Eamonn apologised but seemed very annoyed about "Apparently you're not allowed to describe someone as looking Oriental or... I don't know how I would end up describing Kerry Katona if her eyes change shape.
"I don't know how I'm going to say, does she look like someone from some other country in the eastern of the world... the world is ridiculous.
"How you have to apologise for people... if she painted herself or... I don't know I can't get into this. But anyway."
"Kerry looks well, I'm sorry if you don't look well or we have offended you in any way or... oh I don't know."
In 2021, UK police were instructed to stop using the term “Oriental” when recording race-hate crimes involving people from China and South East Asia.
The Home Office also issued guidance removing the word from the approved list of ethnic categories, stating the term is "offensive.”
However after the interview Kerry posted on her Instagram that she wasn’t in the least offended by his remark. "Right guys I’ve literally just come out from getting my facial, getting my Botox done and I’ve just seen the papers and the press.
"Eamonn Holmes has been one of my oldest and longest friends and I absolutely adore and love him to bits he said absolutely nothing untoward, towards me.
"I wasn’t offended in anyway shape or form.
"I absolutely adore Eamonn, I truly adore him."
