BBC Question Time’s Fiona Bruce has said she is “appalled” and “deeply sorry” after some viewers perceived her to have trivialised domestic violence during a discussion about Stanley Johnson, according to a statement.
The presenter faced a social media backlash after intervening when the father of former prime minister Boris Johnson was described as a “wife-beater” in Thursday’s episode of the show.
Journalist and panel member Yasmin Alibhai-Brown had said the 82-year-old’s alleged history of violence was “on record”.
