Susanna Reid, the world’s most patient woman, has spoken out about her frustration at being held accountable for her co-host Piers Morgan’s anti-feminism.

In a new interview, Reid – who has a long history of shutting down Morgan’s ageist views about older mothers, sexist body-shaming and even his Love Island snobbery – says she received hate mail from male feminists after Morgan criticised the Women’s March in January 2017.

“It wasn’t women who were criticising me, it was the men,” Reid tells the Radio Times. “They accused me of enabling his anti-feminist views. The man sitting next to me was spouting off whatever he believes, which I don’t agree with, and I was trying to stand up for my views, and the right for women to march.”

Understandably, Reid was irked at being criticised by men for another man’s opinions.

“I had men telling me it was my fault he was saying this,” she says. “And I was just like, I’ve had enough of men telling me how I should be a feminist. I’ve had enough of it.”

Once upon a time, she adds, she “felt kind of responsible for what [Morgan] thought”. Now, however, she has realised that “he can say anything he likes. I don’t have to pick up the pieces”.

Susanna Reid should not be held responsible for Piers Morgan’s anti-feminism