GB News says it has launched an investigation into 'totally unacceptable' comments made by Laurence Fox about a female journalist during a broadcast.
Fox made a series of remarks about Ava Evans, the political correspondent for online news site Joe, including describing her as a 'little woman' during an episode of Dan Wootton Tonight on Tuesday.
Ms Evans shared a clip of the comments on social media site X, formerly known as Twitter, with the caption 'Laurence Fox just did a whole speech on GB News on why men apparently won't shag me?' It has been viewed more than 2.1 million times, prompting a strong backlash including from MPs. READ MORE: 'The north was promised the earth, but could be let down once again - it's madness' READ MORE: 'In the dark' mayor and council leader write to Rishi Sunak over 'massive ramifications' of axing HS2 to Manchester In a follow up tweet, the journalist added that the footage made her feel 'physically sick'.
The discussion came after Ms Evans appeared on BBC's Politics Live on Monday. In a statement posted to X, GB News said: "Comments made tonight on GB News by Laurence Fox were totally unacceptable.
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