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.