Richard Madeley left his Good Morning Britain co-star stunned Susanna Reid when he revealed his ‘real voice’ live on Wednesday’s programme. 

The host, 68, who hails from Romford, EsSєx, defiantly insisted that he wasn’t ‘putting it on!’ as he spoke in his genuine accent. 

During the segment Richard and Susanna were joined by guests Andrew Pierce and Kevin Maguire to discuss if Northerners are better at detecting fake accents then their Southern counterparts.   

‘So do you mean to tell me the voice you’re speaking in right now is put on?’ Susanna asked him. 

Richard explained: ‘My dad was a public schoolboy, and he lived in EsSєx. He came back from Canada. He was a journalist, and he hated the dropped vowel.’

Richard Madeley left his Good Morning Britain co-star stunned Susanna Reid when he revealed his ‘real voice’ live on Wednesday’s programme

During the segment Richard and Susanna were joined by guests Andrew Pierce and Kevin Maguire to discuss if Northerners are better at detecting fake accents

He added: ‘I was expected to speak like this at home, and it was the natural way of speaking.

‘But when I was at school at Rush Green, obviously if I spoke like that, I got beaten up, so I spoke like this,’ the presenter said as he switched into an EsSєx accent. 

‘I am bilingual,’ he joked, ‘I am not putting it on; I am dropping into it, right? I am not acting it, right? I’m from EsSєx, right, and that is how I used to talk.’

Earlier this week, viewers have slammed Susanna for ‘constantly interrupting’ guests on the ITV show.

Tuesday’s topics included news that domestic energy prices are expected to hike up again next year and British farmers staging a mᴀss rally against the Labour government’s budget at Westminster Abbey.

This was discussed by journalists Kevin Maguire and Andrew Pierce. 

As the show went on, the presenters were joined by fifth generation farmer Rebecca Wilson and former Labour minister Bill Rammell – who claimed only the wealthiest of landowners will be affected by the new inheritance tax bill.

However, it was Susanna who infuriated the viewers as they took to X, formerly Twitter, the complain about how she handled both interviews.

The host, 68, who hails from Romford, EsSєx, defiantly insisted that he wasn’t ‘putting it on!’ as he spoke in his genuine accent

Earlier this week, viewers have slammed Susanna for ‘constantly interrupting’ guests on the ITV show 

One user said: ‘Susanna REID repeatedly interrupted Kevin Maguire in the middle of the point he was trying to make. Play it back and you’ll see he wasn’t allowed to make his point even once without being talked down/drowned out.’

Another fumed: ‘Susanna Reid and her Tory colleagues ganging up against the Mirror lad again.’

A third added: ‘Reid and Madeley constantly interrupting [and NOT LISTENING!!!] to Bill Rammell. Three against one AGAIN!’

A fourth penned: ‘Why is the arrogant, indignant S Reid behaving like a farmer’s daughter!!!? Her body language is biased and subjective. WHY?’