Veteran actress Miriam Margolyes delivered a television moment of pure, unscripted shock on Thursday's Good Morning Britain, leaving hosts Susanna Reid and Ed Balls momentarily lost for words.
The Harry Potter star, 83, was on the ITV programme to discuss her upcoming documentary when the conversation took a sharp political turn. With her signature candour, Margolyes dropped a bombshell confession: she voted for Brexit.
'I thought it would bring down the government,' she stated bluntly, explaining her reasoning wasn't rooted in ideology but in a desire for political upheaval. The admission was met with a stunned silence from the usually unflappable presenting duo.
Margolyes, who has been a vocal critic of the Conservative government, elaborated that she believed the monumental decision would create such chaos that it would force a collapse of the ruling party. Her shock revelation highlights the complex and often personal reasons behind the historic 2016 referendum vote.
The interview quickly became a viral sensation on social media, with viewers divided between horror and admiration for the actress's breathtaking honesty on one of the UK's most contentious issues.
