"It's what happens when you speak out."
Ranvir Singh is known for being a presenter and newsreader on Good Morning Britain (GMB).
However, she recently received backlash after making some comments about a protest march that took place in September 2025.
Led by the far-right activist Tommy Robinson, the rally was held in London over the fact that asylum seekers were housed in hotels.
Ranvir Singh revealed that she had faced calls to quit GMB following the backlash.
During the episode of GMB on Monday, September 15, 2025, the presenter said the rally prompted her to reconsider travelling with her son.
She explained: “It actually made me sad, because I think I should be allowed to go into London and feel safe.
“You know, I live here – it’s my place.
“But I didn’t. I didn’t take my son in – that made me sad.
“You know, the fact that you think, ‘Oh, it’s not safe for my little brown boy to be in London’ is a sad thing.
“But there you go, pragmatic.”
Ranvir also delved into an incident at her local station where she had a conversation with a “white, friendly guy”.
The man told Ranvir he was going to the rally.
Ranvir continued: “He said, ‘I’m just, I’m curious. I’m curious to know how fascist these people really are. And my brother’s a bit more far right. And I’m keeping an eye on him today’.
“He said, ‘You know, I don’t know how the protest is going to go. The last one I went on was to remain during Brexit’.”
The presenter also stated that supporting Robinson made her “deeply uncomfortable”.
Nevertheless, she highlighted the importance of “feeling the pinch and still have a conversation with someone”.
On Tuesday, September 16, Ranvir Singh divulged the hateful messages she had received.
She said: “A lot of reaction, 50/50 I’d say.
“50% lots of hate directed at me, wanting me to resign, and things like that.
“It’s what happens when you speak out on anything like that.
“But half of the people were saying thank you for saying what you said because it resonated.
“And I just want to mention somebody called Wendy who has DM’d me and is reflective of the vast majority in the middle.
“I massively appreciate her getting in touch.”
Ranvir proceeded to read Wendy’s message, which said: “Saw you on the TV – you were talking about the march that happened on Saturday.
“I’m sorry that you felt like you couldn’t do what you wanted to do that day.
“Me and my husband went to the March on Saturday.
“We just wanted to say that we are not racists or far-right.
“We’re just a normal couple that live in West Sussex with our 21-year-old.
“We do not follow Tommy Robinson but he was the one who organised the march.
“If it was organised by someone else, we still would have gone.
“People have got to the point where we’re not happy with the country the way it is or the way it’s going.
“Yes, we’re not happy about people coming over in boats.
“But they could be coming from Norwegian countries and we still would have a problem with it.”
After reading the message, Ranvir said: “There’s a lot of people who are just feeling frustrated.
“It’s difficult for someone like me to speak up on controversial subjects because you do get a lot of hate.”
“But it’s worth doing it when 100s of people have got in touch.
“A lot of the hate towards me was saying that it was a far-right rally.
“But that’s what we’re describing it as. It’s the biggest far-right rally that’s been organised by the UK in our living memory.
“The idea that a lot of people hate the fact that it’s been called a far-right rally is not my problem.
“That’s exactly the point I was making.
“Lots of people feel to go to things like that and follow people they might not really agree with because they don’t know where else to go with there concerns.”
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