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Channel 4 Anchor Emily Maitlis Reprimanded by Co-Host for Calling Trump Comments ‘Bats—‘ During Election Coverage


Channel 4 news anchor Emily Maitlis was reprimanded by her co-host after calling Trump's comment 'bats---' during election coverage.

Maitlis, who is best known for her interview with Prince Andrew, was hosting Channel 4 ’s election coverage through the night, U.K. time, alongside Krishnan Guru-Murthy. Later Guru-Murthy again refenced Maitlis’s cursing while she briefly went off air, reportedly to record an episode of her podcast, saying: “I’ll tell Emily off later because I know she started the swearing. Earlier this year the regulator ruled that a radio station had breached U.K. broadcasting code by playing a clip from “Savage Love” by Jason Derulo, which contains the word “fucks.”

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