Kay Burley hits back at This Morning star after Sky News exit

Kay Burley has furiously responded to a This Morning prima who said she was ‘TV’s reply to Liz Truss’ successful the aftermath of her departure from Sky News.

The British broadcaster, 64, sent shockwaves done the federation erstwhile she announced her daze status from the transmission aft 36 years yesterday.

However, successful a scathing nonfiction Camilla Tominey, who regularly appears connected This Morning to sermon quality segments, said ‘some whitethorn accidental bully riddance’ and described her arsenic ‘resilient arsenic her facelift.’

In response, Kay accused the journalist, 46, of making misogynistic remarks and said determination was a ‘special spot successful hell’ for women who teardrop down different women.

She wrote: ‘#Sweetie ⁦@CamillaTominey⁩ arsenic the late, large Madeleine Albright said, determination is simply a peculiar spot successful hellhole for women who don’t enactment different women.’

Camilla wrote successful The Telegraph: ‘Some whitethorn accidental bully riddance but similar her oregon loathe “Hurley Burley”, you can’t responsibility the 64-year-old’s staying power.

‘As resilient as her facelift, portion of Burley’s entreaty was her imperviousness to criticism.

‘TV’s reply to Liz Truss, she fto each gaffe lavation implicit her similar lettuce successful a crockery spinner.’

However, different broadcasters including Susanna Reid celebrated Kay’s journalistic publication portion astatine Sky.

The Good Morning Britain presenter said she was ‘a fierce advocator for viewers, a almighty interviewer and a protagonist of women successful television’.

She wrote connected X: ‘That she gets her ain #BreakingNews announcement is testament to @KayBurley interaction connected quality journalism. A fierce advocator for viewers, a almighty interviewer and a protagonist of women successful television.

Echoing Susanna’s sentiment, BBC writer Victoria Derbyshire said Kay had ‘blazed an implicit trail’ for pistillate journalists.

Former BBC Newsnight shaper Sam McAlister, who secured the Newsnight interrogation with the Duke of York, besides said she was ‘devastated’ to hear Kay was retiring, describing her arsenic a ‘total inspiration’ to her arsenic a azygous genitor and pistillate from a antithetic background.

Responding to societal media posts praising her work, Kay said she had benefitted from ‘women supporting different women.’

Kay was recruited for the fledgling Sky News successful 1989 arsenic 1 of its founding presenters.

In September 2018, the broadcaster was fixed her ain amusement connected Sky News arsenic portion of a large shake-up astatine the transmission and a twelvemonth aboriginal she moved to the meal clip slot.

While Kay has celebrated galore successes during her tenure, including a Bafta for her sum of 9/11, she has not been immune from controversy.

During the coronavirus pandemic, she regularly grilled politicians astir lockdown rules and questioned past Cabinet curate Michael Gove connected the contention implicit erstwhile No 10 advisor Dominic Cummings’ travel to Barnard Castle successful May 2020.

But successful December 2020, Kay was suspended from her relation for six months aft an interior reappraisal recovered she broke Covid-19 rules during celebrations for her 60th birthday.

She aboriginal apologised for her actions, describing herself arsenic an ‘idiot’ and agreeing that she was ‘appropriately sanctioned’ by the channel.

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