Good Morning Britain viewers took to social media with fury and branded the Wednesday morning (April 1) interview with Steph Richards a "car crash" after the parliamentary engagement officer for Endometriosis South Coast joined the programme to discuss the condition. Although the 73-year-old, who identifies as a transgender woman, aimed to raise awareness and address the backlash to her newly appointed role, ITV viewers criticised the broadcaster for not interviewing someone who experiences the chronic disease.

In addition to highlighting endometriosis, Steph also spoke out about issues affecting transgender people in public spaces. Taking to X/Twitter with frustration, one fumed: "Why haven’t you had someone with endometriosis on to share their perspective?” As a second remarked: "What has student debt got to do with Endo. Car crash interview, you are not explaining anything. You might have a vagina, but you cannot have Endo!!"

A third raged: "Please tell me how a transgender woman with no womb, so no endometrium, therefore never likely to experience endometriosis, managed to secure a lead endometriosis role. No understanding, no empathy and no possible way of ever experiencing this dreadful disease."

"Nothing to do with transphobia, it’s to do with the fact that only biological women will know how painful Endometriosis is, and it should be a biological female that is in that position, not this person," echoed another.

A fifth added: "@GMB #endometriosis is this interview your #AprilFool - no substance at all to the interview, it was a poor me-quote the 'facts' 'I haven’t slept, I don’t look great' load of nothing interesting, common sense tells you these roles should be given to women who experience these issues?"

Meanwhile, another viewer defended Steph's GMB interview and penned: "I'm a man and haven't got the faintest idea what Endometriosis is, so what's it matter the gender of somebody who is trying to create awareness."

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