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The Dan Wootton Tonight episode broadcast on GB News in which Laurence Fox made on-air comments about female journalist Ava Evans has received more than 8,000 complaints, Ofcom said.
Actor-turned-politician Fox has undergone a disciplinary hearing with the channel after he made a series of personal remarks about political correspondent Ms Evans, including asking “who would want to shag that?”.
Fox and presenter Wootton, who have both since apologised, were suspended by GB News amid an internal investigation and a probe by Ofcom which had received 7,300 complaints over the episode last week.
On Wednesday, the media watchdog said it has received a total of 8,846 complaints about the episode of Wootton’s show on September 26.
It comes after GB News boss Angelos Frangopoulos said he was “appalled” by the remarks, adding that they were not in keeping with the values of the channel.
Since the broadcast, MailOnline announced it had terminated its contract with Wootton, who was a columnist for the site.
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