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GB News has suspended Dan Wootton following comments made on his programme by Laurence Fox.<\/p>\n
The broadcaster confirmed the news on Wednesday afternoon, which came after it suspended Fox earlier in the day.<\/p>\n
On his show on Tuesday evening, Fox\u00a0made a series of remarks\u00a0about\u00a0Ava Evans, known as Ava Santina on X, formerly Twitter, including asking \u2018Who would want to shag that?\u2019.<\/p>\n
The broadcaster\u00a0later launched an investigation, branding Fox\u2019s comments \u2018totally unacceptable\u2019.<\/p>\n
It added that: What he said does not reflect our values and we apologise unreservedly for the comments and the offence they have caused.\u2019<\/p>\n
In their latest statement, on Wednesday morning,\u00a0GB News\u00a0announced it had taken further measures against Fox and suspended the former actor with immediate effect while their probe continued.<\/p>\n
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The statement, posted on X, read: \u2018GB News has formally suspended Laurence Fox while we continue our investigation into comments he made on the channel last night.<\/p>\n
\u2018Mr Fox\u2019s suspension is effective immediately and he has been taken off air.\u2019<\/p>\n
Following the backlash, Wootton apologised in a follow-up post to an earlier apology, also writing on X: \u2018I want to reiterate my regret over last night\u2019s exchange with Laurence on GB News. 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.<\/p>\n
\u2018I reacted as I did out of shock and surprise in an off-guard moment while working out how to respond as he continued to speak by searching for tweets Ava Santina had sent earlier in the day while having them read out in my ear at the same time.\u2019<\/p>\n
He added: \u2018I apologise unreservedly for what was a very unfortunate lapse in judgment on my part under the intense pressure of a bizarre exchange. I know I should have done better. I\u2019m devastated that I let down the team and our supportive GBN family.<\/p>\n
\u2018We seek to tackle the issue and not the person, which I intend to stress again on air tonight.<\/p>\n