Laurence Fox's grim GB News rant in full as he's suspended from channel
Laurence Fox has sparked outrage after he launched into a vile rant targeting a female journalist on GB News.
The former actor, who presented his own Friday night show on the news channel before being suspended, appeared on Dan Wootton Tonight on Tuesday, where he made a series of remarks about political correspondent Ava Evans. Laurence and Dan discussed the political correspondent's comments made about male suicide, when Ava appeared on BBC’s Politics Live on Monday.
After her appearance, she said: "I was a little rash on my anti-minister for men comments which I do regret and am actually very interested in a brief for a minister on young men’s mental health."
Speaking on GB News, Laurence reacted to her comments and make vile comments about her appearance as he said: "We’re past the watershed so I can say this: show me a single self-respecting man that would like to climb into bed with that woman, ever, ever, who wasn’t an Incel? That little woman has been fed, spoon-fed oppression day after day after day… starting with the lie of the gender wage gap, and she’s sat there and I’m going, if I met you in a bar and that was like sentence three, chances of me just walking away are just huge.
"We need powerful strong amazing women who make great points for themselves, we don’t need these sort of feminist 4.0… they’re pathetic and embarrassing. Who would want to shag that?"Laurence and host Dan both laughed, then the former actor added: "Sorry, it's true though." Dan remarked: "I’m just going to provide a touch of balance from her because she did actually respond to this earlier today, saying that she regretted her comments, but she didn’t apologise. So there you go. And she’s a very beautiful woman Laurence, very beautiful."
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Laurence launched into a vile rant on GB News (Twitter)Ava shared the clip onto her own social media, which has been viewed more than 6 million times, as she wrote: "Laurence Fox just did a whole speech on GB News on why men apparently won’t shag me?" In a follow up tweet she added that the footage made her feel "physically sick".
In a message to Ava on X, host Dan said: "I think you’re brilliant… I apologise for what was said during the course of my show and should have done this immediately on air. This is not what our channel is about."
He added: "Having looked at the footage, I can see how inappropriate my reaction to his totally unacceptable remarks appears to be and want to be clear that I was in no way amused by the comments." The broadcaster also issued a lengthy grovelling apology.
Meanwhile, Laurence is standing by his rant. Posting to his X - formerly Twitter - followers this morning, Fox said: "Morning, morning. First of all, don’t take a pop at @danwootton for something I said. That’s not fair. Secondly. I stand by every word of what I said. If a woman wants to go on television and belittle male suicide, she is totally within her rights to do so and not apologise, just as I am totally within my rights to say that I wouldn’t want to shag a hyper offended 4th wave feminist and not apologise, just as people are totally within their rights to be offended by my stating I would run a mile in the opposite direction from women like her, should our paths cross in a bar.
"It’s called free speech. I realise that the new woke world is low on laughter and high on offence, but it’s still worth trying to find the lighter moments in this joyless new cancel culture which has been created for us. This lady has said on air that she wants men to be 'frightened' and 'terrified'. Tumbleweed from the media at her premeditation and malevolence. Because it’s not a man saying it. Which rather proves my point.
"You are totally entitled to find my mockery of the insane hypocrisy in this world not to your taste, but that’s me, and I will continue to be me, as a wise man once said “Be yourself. Everyone else is taken.” So you keep trying to cancel away in your state of permanent offence, I’ve been cancelled already and may well be again, but I don’t care one bit, and I will keep defending my right to have an opinion on issues which concern me.
"Without free speech and the presumption of innocence we are not free. We aren’t quite communist Eastern Europe yet. We may very close, but not quite there. It’s still worth fighting for. So if you are expecting a grovelling apology, I suggest you don’t hold your breath. I won’t ever apologise to the mob. Have a lovely day. In this self censoring world, speak your mind. Live strong and free."
GB News have since suspended Laurence. In a statement, they said: "GB News has formally suspended Laurence Fox while we continue our investigation into comments he made on the channel last night. Mr Fox’s suspension is effective immediately and he has been taken off air. We will be apologising formally to Ms Evans today."
Media regulator Ofcom received "a number of complaints" regarding Fox's comments on Tuesday night, with an Ofcom spokesperson telling PA News agency on Wednesday morning: "We can confirm we’ve received a number of complaints about comments made by Laurence Fox on GB News last night. We are assessing these complaints against our broadcast rules and will publish the outcome as quickly as possible."
Laurence has since reacted to his suspension in a tweet which read: "A phone call might have been polite. By matter of interest for the audience contributors do a pre interview before going on, so they knew exactly what I intended to say. I fully defend the the home of free speech’s right to capitulate to the mob…"
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