Green Party leader Zack Polanski has come under scrutiny after a BBC interview from 2013 emerged, casting doubt on his claim to have immediately apologised for offering hypnosis to increase breast size. Polanski, who was a hypnotherapist before entering politics, had previously expressed regret for participating in a 2013 Sun article where a journalist underwent a session to see if her breasts could be enlarged.
In the newly uncovered BBC Humberside interview, conducted six days after the Sun article, Polanski did not apologise but instead discussed the 'successful project' and claimed the journalist's breast size increased by four inches, though her cup size remained unchanged. He stated, 'I believe that it can happen in theory,' and mentioned anecdotal evidence of breast growth from his work.
Polanski had maintained that he apologised during a BBC interview the day after the Sun article, but the BBC said it could not locate such an interview. A Labour source criticised Polanski, saying, 'Zack Polanski’s ego might have got bigger, but nothing else has. It’s now clear that his pretence to have been misrepresented over his breast enlargement hypnosis scam was absolute nonsense.'
When asked about the Sun article last year during his leadership bid, Polanski expressed regret, calling himself 'a young Londoner who was holding down four jobs' and stating he had apologised. A Green Party source reiterated that Polanski has repeatedly apologised and is now focused on key issues like bills, the NHS, and public services.
