Ranvir Singh suffers Blunder during Interview with Blind Guest

ITV Good Morning Britain viewers were left wincing as Ranvir Singh made an accidental remark while interviewing a man who was left blind after a pub attack.

Ex-Leeds Rhinos player Matthew Syron was on a night out with friends when he bumped into Gareth Dean in December 2023.

Dean then smashed a glass into Matthew’s face, causing the shards to pierce his face and eyeballs.

The victim was left writhing in agony on the ground, with blood pouring from his eyes.

Matthew joined Richard Madeley and Ranvir Singh on Good Morning Britain as he opened up about his ordeal and his campaign to ban glass in nightclubs.

Ranvir then asked Matthew about his attacker – who turned himself in six days later and was found drunk and high on cocaine at the time of the attack.

But Ranvir made a huge blunder when she said the perpetrator was “high on cocaine and blind drunk”.

Ranvir realised her mistake and quickly apologised:

“I’m sorry to use the term blind, I shouldn’t have said that.

“He was drunk and he was high on cocaine.”

However, many viewers were not impressed with her mistake.

One tweeted: “Ranvir dear God, think before you speak.”

A second simply posted: “Insensitive.”

Meanwhile, another sympathised with Ranvir and said:

“Bloody hell poor Ranvir, [she] defo didn’t mean that.”

After admitting to causing GBH with intent, Dean was jailed for 10 years and eight months, with a further five months on licence.

Leeds Crown Court heard Dean has 10 previous convictions for 15 offences, including serious violence.

In a victim impact statement, Matthew said he was left feeling suicidal following the attack.

He added: “I have gone from being a person that doesn’t need anything from anyone to now being a 32-year-old that’s like a baby. It is soul-destroying.

“I hate every day.”

The court heard both men had separately been in the club in Leeds after watching a rugby league match earlier that day.

Dean had an arm-wrestling competition with one of Matthew’s friends, which was said to have ended in good spirits.

But CCTV later showed the attacker reaching across another man and smashing the glass in the player’s face.

He then fled the club to continue his night out before handing himself into police six days later.

Dean admitted he had drunk 15 pints that night and also tested positive for cocaine.

Matthew has since undergone surgery in a bid to restore his vision and can now see lights from one of his eyes.

It is not known if his vision will ever improve and remains “in limbo” about the future.