Lorraine Kelly apologises after ITV viewer points out issue 'You are absolutely right'

TV presenter Lorraine Kelly said sorry to a viewer who reached out to her via social media following her latest instalment. The apology was made following a discussion with soap star Charlotte Bellamy, regarding an upcoming controversial storyline on Emmerdale.

The tweet began: “Dear @lorraine and @emmerdale and @MissCBellamy Can I Just explain something..

“When you are speaking about someone with Down Syndrome. It’s ‘Leo has Down Syndrome’ and ‘Children with Down Syndrome’.

“Would you say ‘Autisic Leo’ if he had Autism??? Would you?”

“You are absolutely right. Apologies,” Lorraine replied swiftly, issuing her apology.

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“Can you please not describe these children as ‘down’s syndrome children’ – they are ‘children with Down’s syndrome’. First and foremost they are ‘children’.

“Sorry but I am a mum and my son Ben, who is 28 years of age and has Down’s Syndrome, and this is one thing that annoys me.”(sic)

Another person added: “I have a 21 month old son with DS. Hope the storyline is well informed + appropriate as this affecting many. Hope the scripts use better terminology than ‘Leo is the DS son of Rhona’. See the people not the condition.

“My son is a little boy who has DS and is not my DS son.”(Sic)