Miriam Margolyes caused a stir with her virtual appearance on the latest episode of Channel 4’s The Last Leg, after admitting she “had difficulty not wanting Boris Johnson to die” while he was fighting Covid-19.
I had difficulty not wanting Boris Johnson to die.
Others pointed out that even the show’s hosts, Mills, Alex Brooker and Josh Widdecombe, had seemed astonished by the remarks.
In a 2017 interview with The Telegraph, she felt it was “good to shock” because it “shakes people up a bit”.