Anne Robinson is under fire over a resurfaced clip from the Weakest Link where she shames a single mother for being on benefits and asks if her children have ASBOs.
Unearthed footage shows the TV presenter, 76, who hosted the show from 2000 to 2012, goading a contestant called Ann about her children, claiming benefits and divorces.
Robinson, who at one point asked whether many of Ann s children have tags on their ankles , was branded disgusting and cruel by viewers.
The clip re-emerged on social media after Robinson was announced as the first female presenter of the long-running show Countdown.
A warm welcome back to daytime TV to Anne Robinson, one of life’s good guys pic.twitter.com/QWDrsH6ZOS Alex Hess (@A Hess) February 15, 2021
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Anne Robinson announced as new Countdown host as Nick Hewer quits
The former Weakest Link host will take over the reins of the popular Channel 4 show
Anne Robinson is the new host of Countdown
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