BBC Breakfast viewers praise Charlie Stayt as he grills Kemi Badenoch in ‘disastrous’ interview

BBC Breakfast fans said the same thing during a tense Kemi Badenoch interview on Friday

Fans of BBC Breakfast have heaped praise on one of the hosts after a tense Kemi Badenoch interview during the latest live show.

During Friday’s (March 6) edition of the hit morning programme, presenters Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt updated viewers on the biggest headlines from across the UK and around the world.

They were joined in the studio by Matt Taylor, who delivered weather forecasts throughout the show, while Mike Bushell handled the sports segment, and Peter Ruddick discussed cash acceptance in shops.

Later in the show, Naga and Charlie interviewed Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch, who told the hosts that more military action is needed to protect UK interests in the Middle East in the Iran war.

Kemi Badenoch appeared on BBC Breakfast

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Kemi Badenoch appeared on BBC Breakfast on Friday(Image: BBC)

“Nobody wants war, nobody wants conflict. But when we’ve been dragged into it, we didn’t start this – the US and Israel have reasons to go into Iran, they’ve made those reasons clear. But then we started being fired on,” she said.

“What are we doing now? HMS Dragon’s still in Portsmouth. [There is] lots of talking, lots of excuses. I don’t think that’s good enough.”

Stayt soon interjected, saying: “Can I just pick up on a phrase you used a moment ago? You said, ‘What are our jets – British jets, RAF jets – doing there at the moment?’ You just said, ‘They’re just hanging around.'”

Disputing the politician’s claims, Stayt continued: “Now, the evidence we have from the British government and the British military is that they have been involved in shooting down missiles and drones. You just said, ‘What are they doing there? They’re just hanging around.'”

Charlie Stayt grilled the politician

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Charlie Stayt grilled the Conservative Party leader(Image: BBC)

Badenoch tried to explain her point, but Stayt went on: “You mentioned before about the issue of all of us, to a degree, not having operational knowledge, because that’s the way these things work. But you have characterised what is already happening by the British military, by the RAF, as just hanging around.”

The politician then clarified: “What I said is that they’re catching arrows. They need to get the archer,” with Stayt quickly adding: “You use the phrase catching arrows. What they’re actually doing is shooting down drones, which will cause damage, and they’re shooting down missiles that are heading to the Middle East.”

Badenoch responded: “They need to do more than that, they need to stop the missile sites. You need to go to the source… Let’s be very specific, I’m trying to explain something that is very complicated, and I’m using language so that people can see the difference between going straight to the missile sites.

“But there is something more fundamental that is happening here, and that is that the government is not thinking about defence broadly.”

Viewers praised the presenter

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Viewers praised the host(Image: BBC)

After watching the interview, BBC Breakfast viewers quickly praised Stayt for grilling the politician. “@KemiBadenoch thinks our brave armed forces are ‘just hanging around’ and Charlie Stayt quite rightly sets the record straight.”

Another added: “Bravo Charlie,” while a third said: “Charlie Stayt @BBCBreakfast exposes Kemi Badenoch’s ridiculous comments re our involvement in Iran.” A fourth fan echoed the sentiment, saying: “Charlie has got Kemi on the ropes.”

Meanwhile, other fans shared their frustration at the Conservative Party leader’s comments, with one person writing: “That was a car crash.”

Another added: “Kemi Badenoch is having a disastrous interview here,” while a third said: “Good grief, Kemi is having a nightmare interview on #BBCBreakfast.”