Boris Johnson takes nasty swipe at Emily Maitlis after their heated on-air clash

The erstwhile premier curate and The News Agents presenter butted heads during the Channel 4 US predetermination broadcast, which saw Donald Trump triumph his bid to instrumentality to the White House adjacent year

Former Tory person Boris Johnson has brazenly claimed that broadcaster Emily Maitlis was getting "pretty revved up" during the Channel 4 sum of the US election, close earlier his abrupt departure from the panel.

The ex-PM insists helium had to permission Washington due to the fact that of formation arrangements, this coming aft co-host Krishnan Guru-Murthy suggested helium was "fired" for incessantly plugging his caller memoir connected air.

"I had the large privilege of spending US predetermination nighttime with Emily Maitlis arsenic she began her gradual descent into madness," Johnson wrote successful his Daily Mail column. He regretted missing retired connected the breathtaking portion of the broadcast, saying: "Unfortunately, I had to permission the Channel 4 workplace aboriginal – to drawback a level backmost from Washington to London."

He added that helium didn't witnesser Maitlis's vexation as states turned Republican reddish and remarks helium could spot her starting to get coiled up. The memorable spat occurred unrecorded erstwhile Maitlis probed Boris astir mirroring Trump's governmental revival, starring to a plug of his publication 'Unleashed'.

Maitlis confronted him: "We are not each going to work your book, truthful conscionable archer us, bash you privation to person a governmental comeback... You can’t really reply a azygous question." To which Johnson replied affirmatively astir engaging successful his publication promotion, leaving authorities temporarily aside: "By the mode Emily I’ve answered each your questions each night. Currently I americium blissfully engaged promoting my publication Unleashed, disposable successful each bully publication stores."

After being challenged, Mr Johnson asserted: "Here is Channel 4 news, tally by Ian Katz, sitting present doing the aforesaid aged stunt that you tried successful 2004 taking a massively skewed attack to a US election." He added, "I’m not lasting for predetermination here."

In the broadcast, Stormy Daniels, the pistillate embroiled successful Mr Trump’s hush wealth scandal, enactment Mr Johnson connected the spot, asking if helium would permission his girl unsocial with Donald Trump aft helium spoke of their friendship. "I don’t spot wherefore not... yes," Mr Johnson responded astatine the time, calling his interactions with Trump "courteous" and "polite".

Reflecting successful his paper column, Mr Johnson noted: "Having thought astir it I should accidental that I would surely beryllium a spot disquieted astir leaving the President-elect unsocial with immoderate of my progeny – but lone retired of interest for the idiosyncratic information of Donald Trump." A typical for Maitlis has been asked to comment.

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