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So what does Richard Ayoade REALLY think about brother-in-law Laurence Fox? Billie Piper sassily claims IT Crowd star has an 'interesting take' on the activist after friendship imploded in wake of Question Time race row


he sassy remark comes after Laurence confessed that he had fallen out with Richard in the wake of his Question Time race row but insisted they were 'all friends now'.

In 2016, Billie was granted a 'quickie' divorce from Laurence ahead of an ugly custody battle over their sons Winston, 12, and Eugene, eight, which she finally broke her silence on in an explosive chat with British Vogue. Appearing on the BBC panel show in 2020, Laurence accused Rachel Boyle, an academic at Edge Hill University on Merseyside, of 'being racist' after she called him 'a white privileged male' for denying the Duchess of Sussex was hounded from Britain for being mixed-race. While Billie maintained a dignified silence at the time, she addressed their rocky relationship now, adding: 'I close everything down and keep a very strict routine with the kids so that there's consistency.

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