Laurence Fox comments about Ava Evans tops Ofcom complaints list for 2023
by Naomi Clarke
Dec 20, 2023
3 minutes
The Dan Wootton Tonight episode in which Laurence Fox made “misogynistic comments” about female journalist Ava Evans was the most complained-about TV event of the year, Ofcom has revealed.
The episode, which was broadcast on GB News on September 26, received 8,867 complaints, with viewers objecting to the on-air remarks made by actor-turned-politician Fox about political correspondent Ms Evans, including asking “Who would want to shag that?”
Fox and presenter Wootton, who both later apologised, were suspended by the channel after the broadcast and Fox has
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