Dr Ranj Singh discusses his mental health on Morning Live
Former This Morning medic Dr Ranj Singh has said he “felt bullied” on the show, which led to his departure after ten years. Dr Ranj was on the ITV Breakfast programme for a decade as their medical advisor before leaving in 2021. And in a new interview on BBC’s Imposter Syndrome, he recounted his “painful exit” and how the loss of the job was something he had to “grieve”.
He said: “I wasn’t working on This Morning anymore, having done it for 10 years and some days, you know, really invested myself into it and loved it. Some days I did a night shift and gone straight into the studio and done something because I loved it so much.
“And then I was doing stuff behind the scenes as well because I felt passionately about so many of the values that we were doing across the Channel.
“So diversity and pride stuff, you know, anti-bullying stuff,” he explained. “When it went away it was really painful. When you lose something you really care about you grieve for it right? So I think there’s always going to be that sense of grief there for a while.
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“For me it was the culture that had developed in many ways about the way people were being treated and being made to feel, and it wasn’t good for people’s mental health.”
Dr Ranj continued: “Yeah, I felt bullied at times. And, you know, I was a mental health ambassador, anti-bullying ambassador on this channel, whose job it is to look after people.
“It’s my job to say something and say, ‘look, things aren’t quite right and now we need to do something about this.” The interviewer then asked: “I suppose the big question is, would you do anything different if you had your time again?”
To which he replied: “The only real difference is when I think to myself should I have just shut up? Should I have just shut up and got on with it like everyone else.”
“Do you think that conversation impacted your career? “I think so,” he said, before revealing he is “really lucky I’ve got other stuff, and I’ve got people that pick me up and put me back together again.”
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The 44-year-old, who also said he hasn’t been in contact with his former colleagues, This Morning hosts Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield – who have since left – previously released a statement about the “toxic culture” at the show.
He also claimed that he was “managed out” after speaking out about it. Posting to Twitter at the time, he explained: “I genuinely loved and valued working there.
However, over time I grew increasingly worried about how things were behind the scenes and how people, including myself, were being treated. “I didn’t know the truth about what was going on with Phillip, but I do know the issues with (This Morning) go far beyond him.”
The award-winning presenter is now enjoying working on Morning Live and made a surprise appearance at the British Transplant Games last week, which raises awareness of those requiring organ donations.
Imposter Syndrome presented by Rob Adcock is available on BBC iPlayer now.
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