Piers Morgan defends Fiona Bruce from 'virtue-signalling wolves' as she leaves charity
15.03.2023 - 01:19
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Question Time. Fiona has since stated that she was legally obliged to "contextualise a question" about Boris Johnson's father, and that her words were "absolutely not" an expression of her own opinions. Not all Twitter users were convinced, with one suggesting: "Her situation was akin to being both a Lung Cancer Charity spokesperson and Tobacco company spokesperson at the same time.
"However, @Julie_Frew defended: "I think her comment has been taken out of context. . .
as it is an alleged event she contractually had to say what she did. "Question Time presenter Fiona had made the controversial remarks during a heated discussion on the show, in which Yasmin Alibhai-Brown had described Stanley Johnson as a "wife-beater. .
. on record". Stanley's ex-wife - the late artist Charlotte Wahl - had previously told Boris Johnson's biographer, Tom Bower, that her former husband had broken her nose and she had ended up in hospital as a result.
Fiona interjected: "I'm not disputing what you're saying", but then added: "Stanley Johnson has not commented on that. "She added: "Friends of his have said it did happen, it was a one-off", only for Yasmin to insist: "Yes, but it did happen. "Later, Fiona suggested that she made the comments due to legal concerns about framing the issue that way on TV.
However, after she was accused of "trivialising" domestic violence, she had to make the tough decision to step down from her role as Refuge's ambassador. DON'T MISS. . . Busty Carol Vorderman shows enviable hourglass figure at Cheltenham [PICTURES]Carol Vorderman slams BBC 'hypocrisy' to Gary Lineker after discovery [DEBATE]Denise Welch accuses celebs of betrayal over lack of public support [BETRAYAL]In a statement, she added that her comments
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