Talk TV presenter clashes with guest over comments
TalkTV host Cristo Foufas lost his temper with economic justice campaigner Richard Murphy as their debate on privatisation turned very heated.
As their debate escalated, Cristo paused and said: "I'm just waiting one second because the bosses at Talk TV are just in my ear now telling me I've said the wrong thing and I'm going to be unable to do the rest of the show now because I have a line I'm supposed to give on privatisation.
"People can have different opinions on Talk TV, Richard."
Murphy then quickly hit back as he scolded Foufas for how "rude" he had been to regular guest, journalist and commentator Jonathan Lis, as he raged: "I saw how rude you were to Jonathan and now you're telling me I'm rude, I'm sorry I don't accept that, I'm being robust with you because you were so rude and condescending to him when you went off air."
He continued: "So don't invite me back, because I only like talking to rational people and you're talking a load of economic nonsense."
A furious Foufas terminated the interview as he raged: "Since when did you become the gatekeeper of what I'm allowed to say to guests who I've known for the best part of a decade?
"I tell you what Richard, if it is so offensive to you then we'll say goodbye, thank you very much and have a lovely Christmas."
Murphy was then taken off screen as Foufas told viewers: "I won't be told by you what I can say and what I can't say to guests, and I think that might be the first time I've ever thrown a guest off Talk TV."
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The heated exchange comes just a few hours after controversial guest Charles Amos was also thrown off the show in a tense winter fuel debate.
After Amos suggested pensioners "reduce their leisure expenditure by 10 percent" to make up for the lost payments, James Whale warned: “You’ll be thrown out on your ear in a moment because I am getting really cross.”
But Mr Amos continued, saying: "If you look at the average pensioner, you will find that they have taken £1.20 out of the welfare state for every £1 that they have paid in. So, the average pensioner can’t say, ‘I’m entitled to this income because I have paid in all of my life’. No, you are entitled to 5/6s of it and that’s it."
Whale raged: "There's the door," before adding: "What are you doing this for? You are doing this to try and make yourself famous and I rue the day that I invited you back (on the show)."
