Laurence Fox apologises to journalist for “demeaning” comments on GB News
Dan Wootton Tonight, which led to him and Wootton being suspended from the channel.On the episode, when referring to the political correspondent, Fox said, “Show me a single self-respecting man that would like to climb into bed with that woman ever,” before later adding: “Who’d want to shag that?”In a video posted to X (fka Twitter), Fox said he was still “angry” over comments Evans had made during a Politics Live debate on male suicide, but acknowledged his remarks were “demeaning”.“If I was going to be sensible and I could replay it, I would say: ‘Any self-respecting man in 2023 would probably be well advised to avoid a woman who possessed that worldview because she would probably cause him nothing but harm,” Fox said.War and Peace (and love)@AvaSantina @GBNEWS pic.twitter.com/vTfSFSuGjq— Laurence Fox (@LozzaFox) September 28, 2023“But what I did say was, you know: ‘I wouldn’t shag that,’ and all that sort of stuff, which is not right. It’s demeaning to her, to Ava, so I’m sorry for demeaning you in that way, however angry I am with you still for doing that, and it demeans me because it’s not representative of who I am.”Fox said he expects he will be sacked by GB News today (September 29) over the incident, adding: “I’m not saying any of this stuff because I know I’m going to get sacked tomorrow.