host Rosanna Lockwood has addressed ’s ‘car crash’ interview being removed online after he voiced his anti-trans views.
The broadcasterfrom Wednesday night, which saw The IT Crowd creator make shocking claims about the trans community and frequently talk over Rosanna.
At one point, Linehan raised his voice when Rosanna interjected to inform him he was veering away from the subject of discussion to which he snapped: ‘Don’t lecture me.’
The interview, labelled as a ‘car crash’ by trans TV star India Willoughby did not air during the Uncensored repeat on Thursday, and is currently not available to stream on .
Addressing this decision, Rosanna has now spoken out and revealed she’s faced ‘a great deal of personal abuse’.
She said: ‘It went out live but we aren’t repeating it. And that’s not because of censorship, not because we are seeking to deplatform anyone.
‘One of the reasons for TalkTV’s existence is to hear from all sides of the argument, we don’t hide from sensitive topics, we believe in free speech, we relish robust debate.
‘But it’s also important to stay within the parameters of tried and trusted principles around broadcasting.
‘Now others may seek to deliberately abuse or undermine those rules – we don’t.’
She went on: ‘I have also received a great deal of personal abuse across social media over the past 24 hours so there’s a few things I’d like to make clear.
‘I’m a journalist, but of course I have my own deeply felt personal views, and they don’t necessarily chime with everyone I interview, or even everyone I work with here at TalkTV, just ask Piers [Morgan] or pretty much anyone else.
‘But no one here has ever tried to influence the way I work. No one has tried to censor my thoughts or my beliefs, in fact, they’ve only given me free reign to be who I am: Uncensored, if you will.
‘I’m in this chair doing exactly that, so I’ll continue to challenge, continue to call out hypocrisy, bullying, misinformation wherever or whenever I see it.’
She concluded: ‘Let’s keep discussing these issues big or small, that really matter to the world, but for pity’s sake let’s keep it civilised.’
Earlier this week, Edinburgh Fringe venue Leith Arches announced it was no longer hosting a Comedy Unleashed show after
Linehan later told TalkTV’s Julia Hartley-Brewer he would consider taking ‘legal action’ against Leith Arches for axing the gig.
In 2020 with comments about trans people and was reinstated – with the likes of Donald Trump – in Elon Musk’s takeover.
He has previously compared and called trans rights activism ‘evil’.
Uncensored airs weekdays from 8pm on TalkTV.
