Emily Maitlis shows true feelings about Nadine Dorries in brutal Channel 4 election moment

Emily Maitlis has shown her true feelings about Nadine Dorries in a brutal Channel 4 General Election moment. Emily, who used to be a BBC star before quitting to host The News Agents podcast alongside Jon Sopel and Lewis Goodall, was on the Channel 4 coverage overnight on Thursday and Friday, July 4 and July 5.

Maitlis, the veteran former Newsnight journalist, struggled to contain herself live on air with the close friend of Boris Johnson, the ex-MP and ITV I'm A Celebrity Dorries. Fans noticed Maitlis giving a scathing look to the former Bedfordshire MP.

After asking Ms Dorries her opinion of Johnson, Maitlis had to face away from the MP as she became exasperated as she sat by Krishnan Guru Murthy. A Twitter/X user wrote: "Emily Maitlis doing a marvellous job of hiding her view of Nadine Dorries here."

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Ms Dorries clashed with the former Labour spokesperson Alastair Campbell just minutes after polls closed at 10pm. Ms Dorries branded former Tony Blair spin doctor Campbell "sexist" after he told her she needs to “get over” Boris.

Mr Campbell told the former culture secretary, who is one of Mr Johnson’s most outspoken supporters, she needs “get over” the former prime minister. Ms Dorries responded: “Actually I find that to be quite a sexist comment!”

Mr Campbell replied: "It really isn't, you seem to think Boris Johnson is still an electoral asset. Rishi Sunak wheeling him out on the eve of the election was one of his many mistakes." She then tried to shift the focus when asked if Mr Johnson was "watching you on Channel 4", asking, "why don't you talk to Alistair about Tony Blair?"

Another said: "20 minutes into C4’s coverage and Alistair Campbell is telling Nadine Dorries to get over Boris Johnson & she’s accused him of making a sexist comment, long night ahead."