GMB discussed Fergie’s apology (Image: ITV)

A Good Morning Britain star slammed Sarah Ferguson as a “hypocrite” after the Duchess of York remained in contact with Jeffrey Epstein after publicly criticising him. The topic of discussion came up on the ITV show as hosts Richard Madeley and Susanna Reid chatted to Royal editor Sarah Hewson about why she might have did what she did.

It comes as seven charities have cut ties with Fergie after an email sent to convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein surfaced from 2011, where she apologised for publicly criticising him. Susanna asked what the reason was behind her choosing to keep in contact with the disgraced businessman. Sarah shared that the Duchess had received a £15,000 loan from him but then went on to say that she would never have any contact with him ever again. But now, it has come to light that she actually emailed him and now they have “both been caught out lying”. Sarah said: “Actually, the only distancing was to protect her reputation and for PR purposes.”

She added: “In this case they were communicating with him in the most fawning and grovelling way.” Richard pointed out that Fergie said she was terrified of “being sued” by Epstein.

However, the ITV host disputed that as he said there wasn’t anyway of Epstein suing Fergie for calling him a paedophile when he was actually a convicted paedophile, doing jail time.

Sarah said that it is a “difficult” moment for Fergie but she isn’t a stranger of a scandal and is the “Queen of comeback”.

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She recalled the times that Fergie was allowed back into the Royal Family time and time again, despite negative headlines in the news.

As the show posted a clip from the chat to their social media channels, one ITV star had her say despite not being on screen as she commented her thoughts.

She angrily penned: “The bigger picture is – this doesn’t end with Andrew and Sarah, the whole RF is rotten to its core.. they rolled the red carpet out for Epstein’s bestie- Trump Stop with the HYPOCRISY.”