TV presenter Rylan Clark has addressed the backlash he received after suggesting that asylum seekers were handed iPads and housed in four-star hotels when they arrive in the UK.

During a discussion on Reform UK leader Nigel Farage’s proposed mass deportation plans on This Morning on Wednesday (27 August), Clark said: "That’s the narrative we’re being fed... 'Here’s the iPad. Here’s the NHS in reception of your hotel. Here’s three meals a day. Here’s a games room in the hotel. Have a lovely time and welcome."

A clip of his comments was quickly shared with some praising him for speaking out, while others labelling what he said “misinformation”.

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Clark later posted on X to address the debate over his comments, saying that people sh

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