Lady Colin Campbell compares a £45- an-hour ‘cuddling therapist’ to a PROSTITUTE and says her clients have ‘psychological problems’ – leaving GMB hosts gobsmacked
- Lady Colin Campbell, 68, compared a ‘cuddling therapist’ to a prostitute on GMB
- The socialite said selling cuddles was ‘dangerous’ and a sign of ‘moral problems’
- She was debating Lindsay Meadows, who charges £45 an hour for her hugs
- Ms Meadows said cuddling was healthy and ‘boosts the immune system’
Lady Colin Campbell left Good Morning Britain presenters gobsmacked with a shocking outburst on Thursday’s show during a debate on cuddling in the workplace.
The segment followed the news that team building exercise firm Team Tactics is launching a Cuddle a Co-worker event, which they say will boost workplace morale.
The socialite and former I’m A Celebrity star, 68, appeared on the ITV show alongside Lindsay Meadows, a ‘cuddle therapist’ who charges her clients £45 an hour for hugs.
Lady Colin wasn’t convinced by her job title, comparing it to prostitution and said that those who pay to be hugged by her have ‘moral and psychological problems’.
GMB host Ranvir Singh was clearly baffled by comments, and her jaw visibly dropped.
Lady Colin Campbell, 68, compared ‘cuddle therapist’ Lindsay Meadows (pictured with the socialite) to a prostitute on Good Morning Britain on Thursday
Ms Meadows, who runs her own cuddle clinic in Brighton, said cuddling boosts the immune system and stimulates the release of positive chemicals like dopamine.
But Lady Colin – who admits she doesn’t enjoy hugging people she doesn’t know well – wasn’t convinced by her job title, saying being paid to cuddle or cuddling your co-workers is ‘dangerous’.
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She told Ms Meadows: ‘I like hugging who I like to hug and I want to be hugged by whom I want to hug.
‘Professional hugging skates very close to prostitution because the fact of the matter is affection has got to be sincere, spontaneous, natural to be desirable.
Good Morning Britain host Ranvir Singh was clearly shocked by Lady Colin’s comments and her jaw dropped (pictured on the ITV chat show)
Lady Colin, who previously appeared on I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!, said charging people for hugs was ‘dangerous’. Pictured on GMB today
‘If it’s paid, if it’s a professional you’re getting very close to not only moral problems but psychological problems.
‘If people have a problem and need to be hugged they can have their own arrangements with colleagues. I’m sorry I think it’s very dangerous.’
Ranvir’s jaw dropped as she listened to the Lady Colin’s rant, before jumping in to defend Ms Meadows, saying that cuddling your co-workers is a good way to build friendships.
She had been hugging her co-host Kate Garraway before the segment began, as Kate revealed they had hugged when they arrived for work that morning.
Ranvir said: ‘Some of my best friends are people I’ve met through work and that all started with warmth and a hug.’
Ms Meadows said cuddling helps ‘boost the immune system’ and argued that touch was the ‘best way to communicate’. Pictured on the GMB panel
The two guests seemed to have put their differences behind them and Ms Meadows gave Lady Colin a hug at the end of the debate (pictured)
Ms Meadows, who is from the US but now lives in the UK, said she knows that not everyone likes to hug but believes it is the ‘best way to communicate’.
She said: ‘It builds confidence and it’s a way to give compassion to people, and touch is the best way to communicate.’
Fortunately the pair seemed to iron out their differences and Lady Colin allowed her opponent to give her a cuddle at the end of the show.
Ranvir said she had met some of her best friends at work and often hugged them. She also gave her GMB co-host Kate Garraway a hug live on air (pictured)
Lady Colin suggested that people who pay for cuddles from a ‘cuddle therapist’ have ‘moral and psychological problems’. Pictured with Ms Meadows on the show
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