Particle.news

Download on the App Store

GMB Grilling of New Green Leader Zack Polanski Draws Viewer Backlash Over Hypnotherapy Questioning

Polanski denied the decade-old hypnotherapy claim, calling the focus absurd.

Overview

  • On Wednesday’s Good Morning Britain, Susanna Reid and Ed Balls pressed the newly elected Green Party leader about past reports that he claimed hypnotherapy could enlarge women’s breasts.
  • Polanski rejected the claim, said he was misrepresented in an old tabloid article, and noted he apologised the following day at the time.
  • He criticised the segment’s emphasis on his past, urging discussion of his policy agenda and stating he wants higher taxes on multimillionaires and billionaires.
  • The interview also covered his positions on immigration, Brexit and Nigel Farage, with the hosts challenging his previously stated views.
  • Viewers voiced anger on social media and some threatened to complain to Ofcom, with no formal complaints or regulatory action reported in the articles.