BBC Breakfast guest forced to apologise to Naga Munchetty after 'patronising' comment
BBC Breakfast presenter Naga Munchetty was forced to apologise after a guest made a comment about stress and anxiety during a discussion about medication shortages.
BBC Breakfast's Naga Munchetty says 'that's patronising'
BBC Breakfast's Naga Munchetty told a guest off during Thursday's show over her "patronising" comment, which quickly led to an apology. The incident happened when Naga and Charlie Stayt discussed a big news story about medicine shortages.
Lately, there have been shortages of medicines for common health problems like asthma, ADHD and diabetes. Now, it has come out that epilepsy drugs are also running low. Over half a million people in the UK have it and many need their medicine every day.
Claire Pelham from the Epilepsy Society and Thorrun Govind, a Pharmacist and healthcare lawyer, came on the show to talk more about this. Claire explained why epilepsy medicine is in short supply. She said that when getting ready for Brexit, drug makers agreed to always have a six-week supply of medicine.
But Claire thinks they've now gone back to just delivering medicine when it's needed because it's cheaper. When asked what people can do, she said: "For the individual person, the most important thing is not to become stressed and to try and keep calm and plan ahead."
"That sounds patronising," Naga interrupted as Claire quickly added: "Sorry, sorry."
The BBC host went on to say: "Telling someone to keep calm and not get stressed because stress and anxiety can be a trigger."
"Absolutely," the expert agreed before explaining: "So the last thing we want is the anxiety about a shortage to initiate a seizure for somebody which might mean they lose their driving license and affect their life in so many ways.
"So there's help and support on our helpline, and really important to plan ahead, make sure you give yourself at least a week from prescription in hand before your tablets run out."
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Only a month ago, fans worried when Naga wasn't seen on BBC Breakfast for three weeks.
The presenter, who hosts with Charlie, 61, each week from Thursday to Saturday, returned earlier this month without really addressing her absence.
Filling in for Naga were various other BBC Breakfast presenters including Sally Nugent and Nina Warhurst.