The former actor Laurence Fox and Dan Wootton hit headlines when he made offensive comments about political journalist Ava Evans on Wootton’s show
Laurence Fox says he wanted to ‘clear his conscience’ as he knows he will ‘get sacked tomorrow’ following his GB News sexism row.
The former actor and Dan Wootton hit headlines when he made offensive comments about political journalist Ava Evans on Wootton’s show. Earlier this week, Evans discussed men’s mental health and suicide on BBC’s Politics Live show, which led Laurence to launch a vile tirade of abuse towards her while chatting to Wootton on GB News.
In his vicious rant, Fox mocked Evans and publicly humiliated her. He asked the offensive question: “Who’d want to shag that?” He also described Ms Evans as a “little woman” and declared: “We don’t need these sort of feminist 4.0″ who he said are”pathetic and embarrassing”. Fox and Wootton received a lot of backlash online, with GB News later suspending Wootton.
Wootton soon got suspended from GB News and his contract with MailOnline was terminated a day later. Following days of controversial tweets and an unwillingness to back down on his comments, Laurence has now issued an apology to journalist Evans. In a 15-minute video shared on Twitter, he shared an explanation.