Miriam Margolyes has sparked hundred of complaints following her appearance on The Last Leg over the weekend. The former Harry Potter star shocked viewers over her comments about the Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Miriam, 78, was quizzed on the Channel 4 show, which was being presented from Australia to Huddersfield as the hosts filmed from home, about the UK government's handling of the coronavirus outbreak.
She told hosts Adam Hills, Alex Brooker and Josh Widdicombe via webcam: "Appallingly, of course, appallingly. "It’s a disgrace, it’s a scandal.
It’s a public scandal." But Miriam's comments got even more controversial when she admitted she wanted Mr Johnson "to die" from coronavirus after he spent three nights in intensive care battling
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