Susanna Reid halted the ITV breakfast show to announce she had some huge breaking news to deliver to viewers Our community members are treated to special offers, promotions and adverts from us and our partners. You can check out at any time. More info During Good Morning Britain on Tuesday, host Susanna Reid had to suddenly interrupt the programme to deliver some major breaking news.
Susanna Reid was co-hosting the ITV show with Adil Ray when she revealed that Julian Assange, 52, and founder of WikiLeaks, has left the UK after allegedly agreeing to a US deal that would have him pleading guilty to a criminal charge, walking free. Susanna informed viewers who were just tuning in, as the Mirror reports she said: "The controversial WikiLeaks founder has been held in Belmarsh Prison in London for the last five years, fighting extradition to the United States." It's understood the US has continuously aimed to extradite Assange to have him trialled in their court, which prompted GMB 's Adil to propose that this release seems to have arrived "out of the blue".
Supporting correspondent Michelle Morrison also expressed her agreement, commenting that this has concluded twelve years of Assange's fight for freedom. Following this revelatory announcement on the morning programme, opinions among viewers seemed divided, as one viewer shared on Twitter: "About time! He's finally free!" another viewer raised concerns over Assange potentially being "now given celebrity cult status." Prior to bo.