This Morning fans had a lot of complaints as Peter Andre defended his ‘controversial’ film Jafaican on Friday’s instalment of the ITV show.

The 52 year old appeared on the sofa alongside director and friend Fredi Nwaka to chat to Alison Hammond, 52, and Dermot O’Leary, 51, about the blockbuster, which was released at Odeon cinemas on May 20.

Since the release, the singer received backlash and had to defend the film after wearing dreadlocks and adopting a Jamaican accent for his role as con artist Gary Buckle.

During his appearance on This Morning, Peter and Fredi opened up about the three-year process of creating the film, and how much thought had gone into it and how surprised they have been over the negative comments about it.

Peter said to Alison and Dermot: ‘If at any point where anyone said “This is not right, we shouldn’t do it”…

‘That’s why we were shocked. We had approval from everyone, we laughed. Laughed so much doing it. We were a little bit like…’

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The 52 year old appeared on the sofa alongside director and friend Fredi Nwaka to chat to Alison Hammond , 52, and Dermot O’Leary , 51, about the blockbuster, which was released at Odeon cinemas on May 20

Since the release, the singer received backlash and had to defend the film after wearing dreadlocks and adopting a Jamaican accent for his role as con artist Gary Buckle

He added: ‘I’ve always said if someone is genuinely offended by something, you need to hear them.

‘The problem is when you get people that are offended, but they you go “What are you offended about?”

‘And they’re like…’

The pair urged viewers to go and watch the film for themselves to make their own opinion on it, rather than just viewing the trailer.

Those watching at home flocked to X, formerly known as Twitter, to share their thoughts on it all.

One wrote on the social media platform: ‘It seems to be *that* bad, even Peter Andre is now looking embarrassed by it…’

‘Proper B-movie feel about it. Looks terrible. #ThisMorning #Jafaican.’

‘This has to be a joke surely? #ThisMorning.’

‘Who told Andre he can act??!!’

‘It looks like it was filmed with an iPhone. #thismorning’

‘Three years developing that crap.’

Some This Morning viewers took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to share their thoughts on the new film

Earlier this week Peter accused the critics of ‘not knowing what they’re offended by’ after they condemned his Jamaican accent in the ‘profoundly disrespectful’ new movie.

In his first interview since the film’s UK release on Wednesday, Peter defended his first starring role and accused critics of ‘not knowing what they’re offended by.’

Peter told Judge Rob Rinder and Yasmin Alibhai-Brown on the Jeremy Vine show: ‘I think there are three types of people.

‘There are people that get offended about anything.

‘There are people genuinely offended and their voices should definitely be heard – I always think that – but you’ve also got an area of people that are offended, but when you ask them what they’re offended about, they don’t know.’

Peter too mentioned the fact that he suffered racism during his younger years as a Greek boy emigrating Down Under.

‘I’m a Greek kid that grew up in Australia in the late seventies,’ he said.

‘We were picked on, we were called greasy s**t. I mean, even our teachers used to call us that. We went through horrific racism.

Meanwhile others on Instagram were very supportive of Peter’s role in the new film – saying that it is ‘amazing’

‘Now when I watch a film about someone playing a Greek guy with the curly hair, the big nose, the medallion, the hairy chest, and he’s coming up and he’s doing the Greek accent, I find that hilarious.

‘If someone is saying something horrific about our culture, I find that racist. So for me, I feel things are a bit muddied. You know, this is comedy. I’m acting in a film. I loved it. It’s the kind of films that I loved watching when I was growing up.’

Despite the negative opinions, many have shared their love on Instagram, after Peter shared some footage from the world premiere of the film in Australia earlier this month.

One wrote on the social media platform: ‘Loved it!’

‘Awesome film very funny you killed it Pete.’

‘Enjoyed the film and it’s amazing.’

‘A moment in history.’

‘Excellent.’

Earlier this week Peter was supported by his older children Princess, 17, and Junior, 19 – who he shares with ex Katie Price – as they attended a special screening of the movie in London on Tuesday.

Jafaican’s IMBD synopsis reads: ‘Gazza, a small-time crook, seeks £35,000 for his gran’s care. He overhears a tip, devising a scheme.

‘In 21 days, he must master Jamaican culture to execute a fraud in London and Jamaica, facing life-threatening risks.’

The film was written and directed by Fredi.

It stars Peter as Gary Bucke, Wil Johnson as Winston, Oliver Samuels as Uncle Godfrey, Sizzle Kalonji as Sizzla, Jamie Lomas as Johnzie and Bradley Turner as Kevin.