Ava Evans has said she does not wish to speak to GB News host Dan Wootton after he called her “multiple” times following former actor Laurence Fox’s “misogynistic” rant.
The female journalist said she was receiving calls and voicemails until 1am, despite the “vile” rant having “nothing to do with her”.
Ms Evans, the political correspondent for online news site Joe, told her media organisation’s podcast, Pubcast: “(Dan) called me multiple times throughout the night, last night, and obviously I don’t know him.
“I do know who gave him my number, and it was a woman and I’m really disappointed in her … I think I should have been asked permission before that.
“I was getting calls up until one o’clock in the morning, voicemails … I don’t want to hear from him. This is actually nothing to do with me.
“This is a network problem, this is a presenter, guest, gallery, production issue that is nothing to do with me. I just so happen to be the person they’re talking about but I’m not in the conversation … It’s not to do with me and that’s what makes me feel most sick about it.”
GB News suspended Laurence Fox and just hours later Dan Wootton was also sanctioned by the broadcaster following comments made on his programme by Laurence Fox, the broadcaster has said.
The statement from GB News said: “GB News has suspended Dan Wootton following comments made on his programme by Laurence Fox last night.
“This follows our decision earlier today to formally suspend Mr Fox. We are conducting a full investigation.”
Despite the outrage following Tuesday night’s comments, Mr Fox has come out to say he stands by “every word”.
Writing on X, formerly Twitter, he wrote: “I stand by every word of what I said. I am totally within my rights to say that I wouldn’t want to s*** a hyper-offended 4th-wave feminist and not apologise.”
Mr Wootton, however, issued an apology and said he “regretted” the interview.
He wrote: “I want to reiterate my regret over last night’s 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. I 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 @AvaSantina had sent earlier in the day while having them read out in my ear at the same time.
“However, I should have intervened immediately to challenge offensive and misogynistic remarks. I apologise unreservedly for what was a very unfortunate lapse in judgement on my part under the intense pressure of a bizarre exchange.
“I know I should have done better. I’m devastated that I let down the team and our supportive GBN family. We seek to tackle the issue and not the person, which I intend to stress again on air tonight.”
Express.co.uk has approached GB News for comment.
