Smirking Boris Johnson slammed as 'disgusting' as he squirms over Queen question

Former Prime Minister has been branded as 'disgusting' by ITV viewers following his explosive interview this evening.

Johnson, 60, sat down with ITV's Tom Bradby who put the former Prime Minister under a microscope and didn't shy away from asking the difficult questions. Brady challenged him on a series of statistics over Brexit’s effect on the economy and Mr Johnson squirmed as he was asked if he regrets his Partygate apology to the Queen.

While he was being grilled about whether or not he regrets apologising to the Queen about the party's held by the government during lockdown, Mr Johnson was seemingly seen giggling and smiling as he scrambled to answer the hard question. When grilled further by ITV's Brady, Mr Johnson insisted that he will not discuss his private conversations with the late Queen.

Clearly shocked by Mr Johnson's bizarre facial expressions, ITV viewers flocked to X, formerly known as Twitter, to slam his insensitive reaction to such a serious topic. One fumed: "Boris Johnson is actually disgusting!!! That evil smirk on his face when he was talking about the late Queen??? What on earth is wrong with him."

Another echoed: "Wow. Boris Johnson basically laughing about the Queen. Why is he been given more airtime. What an idiot of a man." Someone else fumed: "OMG the fury in my body watching Johnson. Cannot believe my eyes that he was smiling when talking about lying to the Queen."

Johnson had all set for a probing chat with Laura Kuenssberg on the tonight, but the eagerly anticipated interview got axed earlier in the week after Kuenssberg accidentally leaked a major scoop. The ex-BBC Political Editor, who rakes in a salary between £325,000-£329,999, owned up to the gaffe that torpedoed the big talk, spilling the beans on social media.

"While prepping to interview tomorrow, by mistake I sent our briefing notes to him in a message meant for my team. That obviously means it's not right for the interview to go ahead," confessed Kuenssberg to her swarm of followers on Wednesday evening. "It's very frustrating, and there's no point pretending it's anything other than embarrassing and disappointing, as there are plenty of important questions to be asked. But red faces aside, honesty is the best policy. See you on Sunday."

The scrapped BBC sit-down was poised to be Johnson's first rigorous interrogation about his time in Downing Street since his resignation in September 2022. Johnson, who bowed out of Parliament just shy of a scathing standards committee report accusing him of deceiving the Commons regarding No10 bashes, maintains that his ousting was uncalled for and is set to vent in his imminent book, Unleashed, slated for release this month.

In a tense interview with Tom Bradby this evening, Johnson swerved questions from Bradby about whether he laments apologising to the Queen for the pre-funeral gatherings, despite being pressed threefold. His latest tell-all book, Unleashed, describes his Partygate apologies as "pathetic" and "grovelling", hinting that he regrets the admission of such an extensive government blunder.

As Bradby zeroed in on a segment from his memoir discussing his response to Partygate, querying, "You basically say it wasn't a big deal. I regret apologising. Is that really your position? " and further probed, "Did you regret apologising to the Queen? ", Johnson manoeuvred, replying, "I don't discuss my conversations with the Queen."

When pursued for a deeper explanation, Johnson added, "What I was trying to say there was, I think that the blanket apology - the sort of apology I issued right at the beginning - I think the trouble with it was that afterwards, all the accusations that then rained down on officials who'd been working very hard in Number 10 and elsewhere were thought to be true. And by apologising I had sort of inadvertently validated the entire corpus and it wasn't fair on those people."

Johnson reflected on his time in office, discussing his handling of , the Covid-19 pandemic, and the Partygate scandal that ultimately led to his stepping down. He also touched on the chaos that ensued post-Brexit, pointing fingers at his predecessors, including and , in his book.

In a chat with ITV News, he expressed shock at Cameron's decision to step down after the UK voted for Brexit, criticising him for not having a plan. The ex-PM stated: "What we expected and what I think, you know, everybody expected was that the Cameron Government having called a referendum a "yes", "no" choice for the people - a leave, remain choice for the people - would bring forward a white paper."

Bradby interjected: "Why? He didn't believe it - what made you possibly think that would be? " Johnson responded: "Because every other European leader when their whole referendum decides, you know, once the people have voted, decides what to do and stays in office." He further added: "So, it's not normal for the prime minister having asked for a referendum vote suddenly to evacuate the stage."

Boris Johnson: The Interview airs tonight at 7 PM on ITV1.

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