‘BBC Breakfast’ Anchors Are Upset that U.K. Conservative Leader Hasn’t Watched the Netflix Drama ‘Adolescence’

EXCERPT:

BADENOCH: "But I don’t think the right thing is to be deciding who has watched which show and working out if that means that you’re informed. There are many ways to be informed."

REPORTER 2: "'Adolescence' has made more of an impact than any politician has on parents and when it comes to the issue of smartphones and misogyny. And yet you are saying that despite that, you don’t need to know about that?"

BADENOCH: "No, I haven’t said that I don’t need to know that issue."

REPORTER 2: "You don’t need to watch it?"

BADENOCH: "I don't need to watch a specific show to know what is going on in this country. It’s a fictional show. Let’s talk about what’s real. I’m going out there every day, I have constituents coming to me telling me what they’re worried about. I had a colleague, an MP who was murdered due to Islamic terrorism. You look at what’s happened in Southport, you look at what’s happening in Rotherham, in Oldham, there are real issues. I’m getting out there talking about it. Asking me to sit down and watch a television drama that lots of other people have seen, have written about, have told me about, I know what it’s about, I think it is important, but it was also — it’s also fiction. Let’s talk about what’s happening to real people. You had a mother of a woman who was killed. Let’s talk about her. That’s real life. That’s real life."