'Ill' Rageh Omaar Presents ITV National News but Fluffs his Autcue Lines Fri26Apr24
Similar incident in 2022 https://twitter.com/scottygb/status/1595049413788966914
ITV sparks fury over 'disturbing' Rageh Omaar scenes as presenter allowed to continue
https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/itv-sparks-fury-over-disturbing-32684598
ITV News presenter Rageh Omaar appeared to become unwell while he was presenting Friday night's show and viewers aren't happy
ITV has sparked fury over "disturbing" Rageh Omaar scenes as the presenter allowed to continue the show.
This comes after Ragah fronted Friday evening's news programme but appeared to become unwell throughout. Many have pointed out that he should have been taken on air and been given medical attention.
The presenter seemed to be stumbling over his words as he read from the autocue. Viewers immediately became concerned and thought he was unwell. The 56-year-old carried on until the end of the show where he signed off. ITV pulled the programme from its +1 channel as a spokesperson confirmed that Rageh had become unwell while on air.
Viewers immediately took to social media to say that Rageh should have been taken off air and shouldn't have bee allowed to carry on presenting the programme. "Rageh Omaar was clearly struggling on Thursday night (24 hours before) - big questions about duty of care here," one person said.
While another asked: "Concerning scenes on ITV News last night & wishing Rageh Omaar a speedy recovery. Why did ITV not immediately stop the broadcast and provide help?" With a third adding: "Rageh Omaar genuinely appeared to be having a stroke reading ITV News at Ten tonight. Really struggling to string a sentence together and get his words out. Amazed he made it to the end of the bulletin. Hope he's OK."
"Disturbing to see Rageh Omaar struggling with what looks like a medical issue - it’s terrifying when you’re at work but know something is terribly wrong (I’ve been there) but you think ‘I need to carry on’ - hope he’s ok," a viewer commented.
An ITV News spokesperson said: "We appreciate viewers of last night’s News at Ten were concerned about Rageh Omaar’s wellbeing. Following medical treatment at hospital, he is now recovering at home with his family. We are wishing Rageh a speedy recovery and look forward to him being back on screen when he feels ready."
Staff nurse Fiona Clark said that she had called ITV at 10:10pm and told them that "as an ICU nurse who worked in stroke that Rageh Omaar required an emergency ambulance, he was dysphasic, drooped left eye, slurred speech and agitated all FAST symptoms".
