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Former British prime minister and haystack impersonator, Boris Johnson, was “fired for banging on about his book” during a guest appearance on Channel 4’s coverage of the US election.

During the show, the former UK prime minister was told off for holding up his memoir and plugging it just minutes into the live programme titled America Decides: US Presidential Election.

Later during the panel discussion, Johnson said he met with former US president and Republican nominee Donald Trump after his attempted assassination in July.

“In case I failed to mention this, I am promoting my book Unleashed, and I had a talk with him about Ukraine,” he said.

Channel 4 newsreader Guru-Murthy told Johnson to “put it away” and “stop it, enough” as he twice referenced his new book and attempted to hold it up to viewers. Ol’ Haystack however retorted: “There’s absolutely nothing you can do to stop me … I’m allowed to plug my book.”

🚨 NEW: Boris Johnson has plugged his book already just a few moments into tonight’s Channel 4 US election broadcast pic.twitter.com/fZnpwRfIhi

— Politics UK (@PolitlcsUK) November 5, 2024

Just in case viewers weren’t aware that he has a book out, Johnson answered a question about whether he would re-run for his country’s top spot with: “The answer is obviously contained in Unleashed where you’ll find the full discussion of this subject.”

Co-host Emily Maitlis confronted him with “We are not all going to read your book, so just tell us, do you want to have a political comeback … You can’t actually answer a single question.”

To this, Johnson replied: “By the way Emily I’ve answered all your questions all night. Currently, I am blissfully engaged in promoting my book Unleashed, available in all good book stores.”

Guru-Murthy described the former prime minister’s actions as “so cheap”, and after replacing Johnson on the panel with Michael Cohen, told viewers: “Now, here in the studio we have a largely new panel – Boris Johnson has been fired for banging on about his book too much.”

Krishnan Guru-Murthy: “Now, here in the studio we have a largely new panel – Boris Johnson has been fired for banging on about his book too much”#C4AmericaDecides pic.twitter.com/k64MosGctX

— David (@Zero_4) November 5, 2024

What a troll. Just in case you missed it, Boris Johnson’s memoir, Unleashed, is now available at a second-hand bookstore near you.

[source:guardian]