Good Morning Britain has been hit with further Ofcom complaints.

It comes after a heated discussion over XL Bully dogs when one guest stated on-air that he had no issues with putting the dogs down. Two guests, Mike Parry and Kay Taiwo, had opposing views, with Kay being left stunned by Mike’s comments about the four-legged animals.

Last week, it was reported that Ofcom had received 1,634 complaints but the broadcasting watchdog has confirmed to the Mirror that this number has now risen to an eye-watering 1,765. The debate suddenly became intense when Richard asked how Mike would go about getting rid of every XL bully in the country. Mike said: “The only legal XL bully dogs in the country are registered. We know where they all are and they should go away.” Kay brought her dog to the ITV studio with her and said Mike “wasn’t making sense.”

Kay went on to respond to Mike, saying: “If you’re talking about the size of a dog making you feel afraid, there’s so many dogs you can feel afraid of. And if you’re talking about the purpose of a breed, then you don’t understand the purpose of an XL.” Mike interrupted and shouted: “Why does that dog have jaws that are so strong that they break arms?”

Things became heated as two guests clashed during a discussion about XL Bully dogs ( 

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“The dog has a muzzle because it’s the law,” Kay said as she hit back. As things became more heated, co-anchor Ranvir Singh was forced to step in, in an attempt to defuse the situation. She said: “Guys. Kay and Mike. Kay and Mike. It’s the debate that we’re going to keep having, isn’t it? But thank you both for coming here, you represent very different points of view.”

Ranvir instantly cut the camera as she turned to Joel Dommett who was presenting Lorraine, with the comedian responding: “Wow. Woah. That was intense.”

The interview, which received a high number of Ofcom complaints, comes after it became a criminal offence to own the controversial breed in England and Wales without an exemption certificate. According to the law, XL Bully owners need to neuter their dogs, microchip them and keep them muzzled and on a lead in public.

Kay and Mike’s argument was about whether the dog breed was dangerous to the point of being euthanised as three separate incidents in the past few weeks have left two boys aged 5 and 15 years old injured and a Hornchurch woman dead.