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A free-to-air British TV station has apologized “unreservedly” and says it has launched an investigation after “totally unacceptable” comments were made about a female journalist during a segment on one of its primetime shows.
The comments concerned Ava Evans, a political correspondent for online news site Joe, were made by actor-turned-conservative activist Laurence Fox, who is also leader of the right-wing Reclaim Party, on station GB News. Fox was appearing on an episode of Dan Wootton Tonight on Tuesday when he took aim, claiming no “single self-respecting man would like to climb into bed with that woman, ever, ever.” He continued to call her a “little woman” adding it was “pathetic and embarrassing. Who’d wanna shag that?”
The comments came after Evans made an appearance on BBC’s Politics Live on Monday. She subsequently shared footage of the GB News segment, slugged “Hard-Left Commentator Slammed for Shrugging Off Male Suicide Crisis,” saying she felt “physically sick” after watching it.