Rylan Clark-Neal has said that Boris Johnson threatened to pull out of a scheduled interview with him as his advisers thought he “wasn’t qualified enough” to ask him questions.
“When Boris and his team found out I was hosting the show, they nearly pulled the interview because they obviously didn’t think I was qualified enough,” Clark-Neal told The Mirror.
“Because I love nothing more than proving people wrong, and I have done for the last seven years.”
Clark-Neal was last month announced as the presenter of Channel 4’s Alternative Election Night, and has defended his hiring after critics claimed he wasn’t qualified to host the coverage.