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Kim Woodburn Goes In On Woman Who Thinks Being Called 'Darling' Is Rude

Kim Woodburn Goes In On Woman Who Thinks Being Called 'Darling' Is Rude

She doesn't hold back, dear.

Claire Reid

Claire Reid

It's hard to guess which Kim Woodburn loves more, a really clean toilet or screaming at people on telly. It's a very close-run thing.

Although she rose to fame as a cleaner with an iron-stomach on How Clean Is Your House? she's spent the past few months as a professional kick-off artist - first on Big Brother and now every single time she appears on This Morning.


Credit: ITV/This Morning

Today was absolutely no exception when she took part in a lively debate about the woman who decided to boycott her local Tesco after staff insisted on calling her 'darling'.

Last week, Beth Bellamay hit headlines after telling BBC: "I was fed up with being called sweetheart, darling and babe by checkout operators at my local Tesco.

"So I told the young checkout lady that I would rather she didn't call me that as it was patronising, and that I found it offensive. She replied that if I didn't like it I was free to use a different checkout operator.

"The checkout operator I chose was one at a completely different and cheaper supermarket."

Holly and Phil looked slightly uncomfortable. Credit: ITV/This Morning

The issue became a pretty big talking point, with many people saying Beth's reaction was a bit OTT. Others agreed with her decision to boycott the store.

Continuing the debate, Holly and Phil welcomed Kim to This Morning alongside Kate Smurthwaite, a comedian and political activist, who agreed with the woman's choice to boycott the store, saying that she'd noticed a big difference in the way staff address women and men.

She explained that men are often referred to as 'sir', while women are 'darling', showing, what she thinks, differing levels of respect.

But, the very idea that someone could be offended by being called 'darling' was enough to send Kim into a massive rage.

Credit: ITV/This Morning

Kim fumed: "It's a load of garbage. An utter load of garbage. I think the majority of us do it in a nice way, we don't mean any harm."

Before turning to Kate and asking: "And when you said when you go into the grocery store... What stores do you go into, my love?

"That's simply not true dear, you're telling porkies. You're telling porkies and rubbish."

Kate attempted to get her point across, but Kim wasn't having it. Dismissing Kate's claims that it's sexist, she said: "You're making sexist... you're saying it only happens to women. I go shopping a great deal and you're talking tripe, dear."


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Holly and Phil sat there, looking slightly awkward throughout the exchange, especially when Kim said: "You're just looking for something to say dear. You're talking tripe.

"What is wrong with you woman? Get a life."

Don't hold back, dear.

Featured Image Credit: ITV/This Morning

Topics: sexism, This Morning, ITV