Laurence Fox‘s highly misogynistic rant on Dan Wootton Tonight, which led to the actor and politician’s firing from GB News, was Ofcom‘s most-complained-about TV show of the year in 2023.
The episode in September, in which Fox ranted about journalist Ava Evans – saying no “self-respecting man would climb into bed with her” – narrowly beat complaints around Bridgerton star Adjoah Andoh‘s comments during King Charles III’s Coronation to the top spot of the regulator’s annual list.
Fox was fired from GB News following the rant, which generated nationwide headlines and amassed a total of 8,867 complaints, ahead of Andoh by around 200.
Ofcom investigated almost immediately due to the severity of the breach and it is one of a dozen GB News shows that have been or are being probed by the regulator this year.
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