‘Disgraceful’ interview on channel taken off-air is 2024’s most complained about TV moment
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To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video. Up Next. The most complained about TV moment of the year has been revealed, after racking up more than 17,000 Ofcom complaints.
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There’s been plenty of controversial TV over the last 12 months, including ‘vile’ behaviour on Big Brother, shocking GB News comments, and lots happening on Love Island. But one particularly ‘disgraceful’ TalkTV interview topped the list, after presenter Julia Hartley-Brewer triggered outrage and was accused of being ‘unprofessional and rude’ during an interview with Palestinian MP Dr Mustafa Barghouti.
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They had been discussing the ongoing war in Gaza after a senior Hamas official was killed. The clip was widely shared online and condemned, as the conversation turned to chaos, with one X user calling Hartley-Brewer: ‘The most arrogant and clownish journalist ever.’.
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‘This creature should be fired. Absolute disgrace,’ another wrote. During the chat, she interrupted him continuously, and screamed at him: ‘For the love of god let me finish a sentence man!’. She also shouted: ‘Maybe you’re not used to women talking, I don’t know, but I’d like to finish the sentence!’.
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At one point, she held her head in her hands and looked around the studio, and in the final seconds, finished with: ‘Sorry to have been a woman speaking to you but there you are.’. Watchdog Ofcom released their annual findings to reveal 69,080 complaints were made this year, with 17,366 made against Julia Hartley-Brewer on TalkTV on January 3.
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