A spokesperson for The Last Leg told The Huffington Post: “The programme is live and unexpected comments can happen.
Miriam Margolyes’s admission that she “had difficulty not wanting Boris Johnson to die” while he was battling coronavirus has sparked a wave of complaints to Ofcom.
As is standard procedure, Ofcom will assess the complaints individually before deciding if Margolyes’s comments breached their broadcasting rules.
Margolyes is far from the only celebrity to have criticised the prime minister for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic.