Question Time. Fiona has since stated that she was legally obliged to "contextualise a question" about Boris Johnson's father, and that her words were "absolutely not" an expression of her own opinions.
Not all Twitter users were convinced, with one suggesting: "Her situation was akin to being both a Lung Cancer Charity spokesperson and Tobacco company spokesperson at the same time. "However, @Julie_Frew defended: "I think her comment has been taken out of context. . .
as it is an alleged event she contractually had to say what she did. "Question Time presenter Fiona had made the controversial remarks during a heated discussion on the show, in which Yasmin Alibhai-Brown had described Stanley Johnson as a "wife-beater. . .
on record". Stanley's ex-wife - the late artist Charlotte Wahl - had previously told Boris Johnson's biographer, Tom Bower, that her former husband had broken her nose and she had ended up in hospital as a result.
Read more on msn.com