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GB News presenter Andrew Pierce has called out his co-host Beverley Turner (Picture: PA)
GB News presenters Andrew Pierce has slammed claims his co-host Beverley Turner didn’t know he would call out her support of Russell Brand.
Allegations against the comedian and Get Him to the Greek actor, 48, were revealed over the weekend, with four women accusing him of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse.
Soon after Turner, 49, wrote on social media that Brand was being ‘attacked’ by ‘establishment media’, a view she doubled down on when appearing on air on Monday.
During a tense discussion with Pierce, 62, the journalist said his co-presenter’s comments had been ‘shameful’.
Now he has criticised claims she’s made suggesting she had no clue he would be challenging her views.
Sharing a video of their exchange on X, formerly Twitter, Turner wrote she ‘didn’t know’ that her co-host ‘was going to do this today’.
The pair clashed following allegations made against Russell Brand (Picture: PA)
‘I knew we’d be discussing this topic of Russell Brand of course, but I wasn’t prepared for the personal onslaught which is why I look caught off-guard.
‘To fully understand my position which is difficult to articulate under these sort of circumstances, please read this piece that I wrote. Thanks,’ she added, while sharing a link to an opinion piece, in which she wrote the ‘current trial by media is grotesque’.
However, Pierce hit back, writing that what she said was ‘just not true’.
‘Beverly Turner was told in explicit terms I would challenge on air her deeply offensive defence of Russell Brand who she describes as her “hero”,’ he said.
Turner said Brand was being ‘attacked’ by the ‘establishment media’ (Picture: Mike Marsland/ WireImage)
‘I’ve been overwhelmed with supportive messages for calling her out.’
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