Good Morning Britain's Richard Madeley says 'my mum hated me' in on-air confession

Richard Madeley has admitted his mum hated him for a decision he made in his younger years during a recent instalment of Good Morning Britain.

At the beginning of Thursday's (August 14) episode of the ITV show, which saw viewers call Richard 'disrespectful' this week, the 69-year-old presenter highlighted the students awaiting their A-Level results.

While speaking to his co-star Charlotte Hawkins, he questioned: "What did you get, Charlie?" She replied: "I got three A's"

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Richard joked: "Oh there's always one isn't there?!" However, she confessed those were not her predicted grades and the didn't do that well in her mocks.

She said: "We all went to the school to get them, it was really special and I was not expecting that at all. I think having not done very well when it came to the mock exams obviously gave me some impetus to think, 'Well, I need to get cracking on this. '"

During the conversation, the attention turned to Richard, who revealed he had left school at a young age.

When Charlotte asked how he had done in his exams, he replied: "Well, I left school at 16 to join the local paper. My mum thought it was a very bad move, my dad thought it was great.

"My mum hated me as I started work when I was 16 and she insisted that I go to night school and take A-Levels there. So, I took an English A-Level and I got a B, I think."

However, the veteran presenter highlighted that by the time he took the exam, he was two years into his role at the paper, which marked the beginning of his career.

It seemed as though Richard made the right move as he had risen to assistant editor and joined the BBC by the age of 19.

However, in the past, the ITV star has reflected on the tough time he had while at school.

During a discussion on Good Morning Britain, he detailed being targeted by bullies. At the time, he said: "I was at school long before social media and I got really badly bullied through the first two years of my Grammar School, when I was about 12 and 13 years old.

"I dread to think had we been online as well, it just would have been a nightmare.

"I didn't report it. It was a sense of shame, not a sense of fear, that I was being targeted."

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