Paul O’Grady has thrown a savage insult at Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak after their recent debate, claiming watching it was worse than having Covid.
The star, who recently tested positive for the virus, appeared to suggest his symptoms weren’t as painful as his experience watching the Conservative members debate, dubbing them “two planks.”
He shared that he was “still a bit done in from this bloody Covid although I’m no longer contagious and haven’t been for a few days” and went on to add he was tuning into the Tory leadership debate alongside millions of others around the country, slamming: “I’d laugh if it didn’t send me off coughing”.
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He wrote on Instagram on Tuesday (July 26): “Truss is banging on about Turbo Charged Toffee, am I hallucinating or what? Whilst the other one is insistent that we know he once had a Saturday job in a chemist.
“To hear him you’d think he’d been forced to work down the mines since he was a child. What a carry on, I’d laugh if it didn’t send me off coughing so I’m making do with scornfully curled lip.”
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However he did thank fans for their outpouring of support after sharing several days ago that he was positive for Covid after so-far being able to avoid it
He continued: “Once again, thanks for all your kind messages when I was away from home and feeling like I’d been dug up and belted with the shovel.”
A recent debate was forced off air after moderator Kate McCann collapsed at the podium.
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The presenter fainted halfway through Truss and Sunak’s head-to-head on Tuesday night and was heard collapsing to the floor.
Foreign Secretary Truss was visibly shocked by the scenes at hand and held her hands to her face as she exclaimed “Oh my God” and the debate was swiftly taken off-air.
TalkTV apologised to viewers for not resuming the programme, saying in a statement: “Kate McCann fainted on air tonight, and although she is fine, the medical advice was that we shouldn’t continue with the debate.
“We apologise to our viewers and listeners.”
McCann, TalkTV’s political editor, was due to co-host The Sun’s Showdown: The Fight for No.10 alongside The Sun’s political editor Harry Cole, but he tested positive for Covid hours before the programme was due to air.
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