GB News has been the subject of 17,000 Ofcom complaints after various controversial guest appearances.
Earlier this month, Alexander Armstrong's Tonight programme broke records as the channel's most complained-about programme ever, after guest Caroline Farrow appeared to link some participants in Pride festivals to paedophilia. The programme prompted 10,533 complaints to the watchdog broadcast regulator.
Farrow's comments spark outrage
Farrow appeared on the right-wing channel as part of a debate over whether Pride marches are suitable for children. She told the 35-year-old host that Pride was "not about gay rights" and had "become about celebrating every single sexuality that isn't heterosexuality."
She added: "Including some very bizarre and unhealthy kinks and quirks, you know, like furries and bestiality and even minor-attracted, they call themselves minor-attracted. You know, paedophiles."
The comments drew outrage from a spate of public figures, with RuPaul's Drag Race UK star Bimini and Green party leader Zack Polanski.
Davies' remarks on grooming
Days later, on July 9th, Nana Akua hosted Patrick Christy's Tonight show, where she discussed Sharron Davies' comments about the coverage of LGBTQ+ issues in schools. During the show, the former Olympic swimmer claimed that some teachers are using "extremely LGBT-driven agendas" to "groom" children in classrooms.
Sharron Davies claims her children's school has been targeted by trans activists after she shared her views that biological men should not compete in women's sport. She said: "We have teachers who are inside the system, who have extremely LGBT-driven agendas, and I worry about that.
"I worry about this potential for grooming. There's grooming online, and our kids are very susceptible to that. And then there's grooming in the classroom, and there is social contagion."
The broadcast received 1,778 complaints to the broadcast regulator, but this isn't the first time the Olympian has received complaints from her various appearances on the show.
Previous complaints about guest commentator
Meanwhile, back in June, Ofcom received 3,439 related complaints about contributor Based and Bougie, who sparked uproar about gay men, during a discussion about a recent court case. During The Saturday Five show, the guest commentator - whose real name is Syntyche Djunga - asserted that gay men are prone to higher rates of domestic abuse.
She also claimed that gay men are statistically more likely to commit sexual assault against adopted children. Another guest challenged her, asking for her evidence, which she later shared on X. Her explosive remarks sparked immediate public outrage and widespread condemnation on social media, with critics calling out what they perceived to be the propagation of harmful, long-standing homophobic tropes on the channel.
