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Channel 4 'fired' Boris Johnson from US election show for promoting his book, co-host says
Former British prime minister kept bringing up his memoir despite being warned to ‘put it away’ and was later replaced on TV panel
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Johnson retorted: “There’s absolutely nothing you can do to stop me … I’m allowed to plug my book.”
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Later during the panel discussion, Johnson said he met with former US president and Republican nominee Donald Trump after his attempted assassination in July. “In case I failed to mention this, I am promoting my book Unleashed, and I had a talk with him about Ukraine,” he said.
When asked about following in Trump’s footsteps regarding a political comeback if he was to win the presidential election, Johnson said: “The answer is obviously contained in Unleashed where you’ll find the full discussion of this subject.”
Co-host Emily Maitlis told him: “We are not all going to read your book, so just tell us, do you want to have a political comeback … You can’t actually answer a single question.”
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/nov/06/channel-4-fired-boris-johnson-from-us-election-show-for-promoting-his-book-co-host-says
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Johnson retorted: “There’s absolutely nothing you can do to stop me … I’m allowed to plug my book.”
...
Later during the panel discussion, Johnson said he met with former US president and Republican nominee Donald Trump after his attempted assassination in July. “In case I failed to mention this, I am promoting my book Unleashed, and I had a talk with him about Ukraine,” he said.
When asked about following in Trump’s footsteps regarding a political comeback if he was to win the presidential election, Johnson said: “The answer is obviously contained in Unleashed where you’ll find the full discussion of this subject.”
Co-host Emily Maitlis told him: “We are not all going to read your book, so just tell us, do you want to have a political comeback … You can’t actually answer a single question.”
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/nov/06/channel-4-fired-boris-johnson-from-us-election-show-for-promoting-his-book-co-host-says
Johnson's replacement was former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen. Earlier, the same panel featured Stormy Daniels, who gave a good account of herself. The session with Johnson included some explosive challenges from host Emily Maitlis which are well worth catching when the footage hits YouTube or Twitter if you like that sort of thing.