Gloria: I’d be really cross if a man was paid more
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GLORIA Hunniford says it is right that gender pay differences should be investigated.
The presenter and TV’s Loose Women panellist has said she would be “really, really cross” if a man received more money for the same work.
She said she supports “one million per cent” the drive for equal pay in the media.
At the Television and Radio Industries Club Awards in London, she said there were reasons for differences in pay, but that equal work should be rewarded equally. She said: “I think it’s terribly unfair, it doesn’t cross my particular path but I think newsreader is the best example. If I were one and the man sitting beside me, I would be really, really cross if he was getting paid more than me.”
A BBC report revealed differences in pay between high-earning male and female colleagues.
Gloria added: “If you have a female newsreader and a male newsreader doing exactly the same job, there’s no question in my mind that they should be getting the same pay. So there are different scales, different programmes, it’s a bit like horses for courses, really.
“It’s what you are doing and what you get paid, and I think it’s right that the whole aspect is being investigated.”
TV presenter Lorraine Kelly added: “To be honest, I do think it’s getting better, I’m very optimistic about it. I’ve been incredibly lucky.
“I think things will change, I don’t think things will ever go back to the way they were, I don’t think they can.”