Hugh Grant jokes he’s only “bitter” about British press due to 1995 sex scandal

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The View on Thursday (March 16), Grant was asked about his campaigns against the British tabloid press.“Everyone thinks, ‘Oh, well he’s just bitter because he got arrested with a hooker in 1995,’” Grant said.Co-host Whoopi Goldberg interjected: “But you know what, really, who hasn’t?”Hugh Grant on being a longtime critic of the British tabloid press: "These big newspaper owners, largely non-taxpayingnewspaper owners, are living above the law.""No one dares to take them on in Britain because they're so scared of them, especially politicians." pic.twitter.com/r22GFNZcKc— The View (@TheView) March 16, 2023The actor then continued: “But actually it had nothing to do with that because that was never uncovered by tabloids.

It was that the bloody police gave everyone the information. It was nothing to do with that.”He went on to say that his campaign Hacked Off, which was established 2011 in response to the phone-hacking revelations in the British press, was founded to fight corruption.“These big newspaper owners – largely non-tax-paying newspaper owners – are living above the law and invading the privacy of people whose kids are being killed in a road accident or whatever to get the sensational article,” Grant told The View.“No one dares to take them on in Britain because they’re so scared of them, especially the politicians.

That’s why politicians, really in my country, are chosen by the press… That’s what my campaign is about.”Grant has reflected previously on the infamous 1995 incident, calling it a moment of “insanity”.

In a statement at the time, he wrote: “I have hurt people I love and embarrassed people I work with. For both things I am more sorry than I can ever possibly say.”The now-defunct News Of The World.