Dan Wootton has been suspended by GB News after a row about comments made by Laurence Fox on his programme.
Fox was taken off air immediately following comments he made on air about a female journalist which have been described as “unacceptable, unjustifiable and indefensible”.
Speaking on Tuesday night during an appearance on Dan Wootton’s show, Fox made a series of remarks about Ava Evans, the political correspondent for online news site Joe, including asking: “Who would want to shag that?”
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GB News said in a statement: “[We have] suspended Dan Wootton following comments made on his programme by Laurence Fox last night.
“This follows our decision earlier today to formally suspend Mr Fox. We are conducting a full investigation.”
In an earlier statement, announcing their decision to suspend Fox, the broadcaster said: “GB News has formally suspended Laurence Fox while we continue our investigation into comments he made on the channel last night.
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“Mr Fox’s suspension is effective immediately and he has been taken off air. We will be apologising formally to Ms Evans today.”
Wootton offered an apology on X, formerly known as Twitter, in which he described Ms Evans as “brilliant”.
“I apologise for what was said during the course of my show and should have done this immediately on air,” he wrote in a post.
“This not what our channel is about.”
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