The BBC has ruled that BBC Breakfast host and former Strictly Come Dancing star Naga Munchetty breached impartiality rules when she criticised American President Donald Trump .
In July, Naga, 44, stirred the pot during an off-script conversation during which she condemned comments made by Mr Trump about a number of United States Congresswomen.
Mr Trump sent a series of tweets in which he told a number of female members of the Democrat Party to "go back" to their own countries.
Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib and Ayanna Pressley are all US citizens and three of them were born in the US.
Naga said at the time: "Every time I have been told, as a woman of colour, to go back to where I came from, that was embedded in racism.
"Now, I'm not accusing anyone of anything here, but you know what certain phrases mean."
The Executive Complaints Unit (ECU) at the BBC, despite Naga receiving a great deal of praise for speaking up, ruled that her words breached the rules of impartiality that broadcasters are supposed to stick to.
A spokeswoman said: "The ECU ruled that while Ms Munchetty was entitled to give a personal response to the phrase 'go back to your own country' as it was rooted in her own experience, overall her comments went well beyond what the guidelines allow for."
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