Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford welcomed Matthew Wright and Ivy for the This Morning View segment. The BBC licence fee was one of the topics up for discussion but Eamonn had to step in when Ivy slammed the broadcaster for scrapping free licenses for over 75s and swore live on TV.
During a discussion on TV licence scams, Ivy argued the elderly are afraid when they receive warning letters and are not aware these are scams.
Eamonn began: “Ivy we were talking about the TV licence fee and your standing resolute on that.
“I would stand beside you in this gross act of immorality, buck passing by the BBC.
“But now it appears fraudsters are getting in on the act. A lot of over 75s are receiving scam letters and trying to get them signed up to paying their licence.”
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“‘No, you’re going to have to pay for that. That’s the immorality of it.”
“It’s pure cr*p,” Ivy said as Eamonn remarked: “I couldn’t have put it better myself.”
“Why are we paying for Gary Lineker to sit on his backside and get paid £2 million for talking football with a couple of his pals,” Ivy continued.
“No chance, I’m not doing that.”
