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Tory loudmouth Lee Anderson tried to make a guest eat cat food on his £100,000-a-year TV show.
The Conservative deputy chairman has begun hosting a weekly programme on GB News despite previously ranting about MPs taking second jobs.
In an embarrassing new low, Mr Anderson attempted to convince Michelle Dewberry to tuck into the pet food.
But the former Apprentice candidate, who is a fellow presenter on the channel, declined.
In his first programme last week, Mr Anderson was recorded feeding cold baked beans to fellow Tory MP Brendan Clarke-Smith.
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While interviewing Ms Dewberry in the second episode, the MP took a fork out of his jacket pocket and offered her cat food to eat.
Lee Anderson appears to get a strange enjoyment out of making his guests eat weird food (GB News)But the presenter who dressed up as a cat on her show last month as she discussed pupils self-identifying as the animals told him firmly: “You can bugger off.”
“We have got a tin of cat food here,” he continued, but she rejected it saying: “I’m not eating bloody cat food, are you mental?
“No I don’t want to, I don’t want to.”
A persistent Mr Anderson suggested: “If i have a forkful, will you have one as well?”
But Ms Dewberry said: “I don’t want to, no.”
The bizarre segment comes after Mr Anderson last week was reprimanded for recording a plug for his show on top of one of the buildings on the parliamentary estate.
Lee Anderson has been reprimanded by the Commons authorities after he filmed a promo on the roof of his taxpayer-funded office (@GBNews/Twitter)The MP used the location overlooking Whitehall and Parliament Square for the clip in which he pleaded for viewers to get in contact with questions for him.
“Have you got a problem and got nobody to turn to? Well look no further. Agony Anderson will solve all your problems,” he said.
“Contact me if you’ve got any problems, whether they are social or personal.”
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Mr Anderson faces a telling off from the Serjeant at Arms, who is in charge of the Parliamentary Estate.
A House of Commons spokesman said: "Unauthorised photography or filming is not permitted on the Parliamentary Estate.
"Where breaches are observed or reported, the Serjeant at Arms will discuss with or write to the Member involved to confirm the rules."
Lee Anderson fed fellow Tory MP Brendan Clarke-Smith cold baked beans (GBNews)Mr Anderson, who already earns £86,584 as an MP, has started moonlighting as a TV presenter even though he used to rail against those who split their time between the Commons and other work.
“I don’t have a second job, I love the job I have already,” he previously posted on Facebook.
Mr Anderson also publicly denounced ex-Cabinet minister Owen Paterson as he faced a row over outside work.
“We are paid handsomely for the job we do and if you need an extra £100,000 a year on top then you should really be looking for another job,” he posted.
Rishi Sunak appointed Mr Anderson as deputy chairman of the Conservative Party in February despite his history of saying controversial things.
He has repeatedly ranted about struggling Brits relying on foodbanks - and earned the nickname '30p Lee' for his claims about the cost of meals.
The Ashfield MP sparked fury in January by claiming foodbank users squander their cash on cigarettes, alcohol, expensive TV subscriptions and holidays.
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