Nicholas Owen explains the 'difficult' position Rageh Omaar found himself in when presenting ITV News. The presenter said he understood why Omaar chose to 'plough on', saying he was aware the 'millions of people' were watching.
ITV have been hit by a wave of Ofcom complaints after Rageh Omaar was struck by a mystery illness while presenting the News at Ten.
An Ofcom spokesperson told MailOnline about the nature of the complaints, saying: 'Complaints raised concerns about Rageh Omaar's health during this broadcast.' ITV bosses later revealed that they had attempted to pull the 56-year-old off air, but he had insisted that he continued and was taken straight to hospital after the show
Nicholas Owen, a former ITV News presenter, sent a message of sympathy to Mr Omaar, telling GB News on Sunday: 'Of course I can identify with what happened - I know Rageh very well and he is a very distinguished correspondent and great presenter. Mr Owen added: 'Apparently he wasn't terribly well the previous night - so perhaps my dear colleagues, and I worked at ITV for many years very, very happily, perhaps they might have stepped in and just insisted he step back?
Both ITV and Mr Omaar's family were reluctant to give any details of the cause of his on-screen ailment.
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