Dan Wootton: Who’s the outstanding TV presenter and tabloid journalist?
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an Wootton has made a reputation for himself within the media world as a outstanding voice at tabloid newspapers and TV channels like GB News.
The presenter and columnist is dealing with allegations that he used used a pseudonym and supplied colleagues cash for sexual materials, claims he has branded as “simply untrue”.
The publishers of MailOnline, the place he writes a column, and his earlier employers at The Sun newspaper stated they’re trying into allegations towards the New Zealand-born journalist.
During his time at The Sun, Wootton was greatest recognized for breaking tales together with the withdrawal of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex from royal duties.
In January 2020, the newspaper printed a entrance web page article together with his byline which revealed that Harry and Meghan had been reviewing their roles.
The couple later introduced they meant to step again as “senior” members of the royal household, change into financially unbiased – nonetheless supporting the Queen however splitting their time between the UK and North America.
Wootton additionally grew to become embroiled in a authorized battle with Johnny Depp over an article printed in April 2018 whereas he was the newspaper’s government editor, which referred to Depp as a “wife-beater” within the headline.
The actor filed a libel declare towards News Group Newspapers (NGN) – the proprietor of The Sun – which resulted in a 16-day trial by which the decide dominated that the content material of the article was confirmed to be “substantially true”.
In January 2021, Wootton introduced he could be leaving his job as government editor at The Sun, the place he had beforehand edited the paper’s Bizarre column.
He has since change into a columnist for MailOn-line, owned by DMG Media, which additionally publishes the Daily Mail and Metro newspapers.
He additionally hosts his personal present on GB News, titled Dan Wootton Tonight, which explores every day news tales and hosts interviews.
Previously he was showbiz editor on the now-defunct News of the World and appeared on ITV’s Lorraine because the showbiz correspondent.
In a MailOn-line column printed in May, Wootton claimed former This Morning presenter Phillip Schofield tried “multiple times” to have him fired as a contributor on Lorraine.
He has additionally beforehand recommended The Sun knew about Schofield’s relationship with a youthful ITV colleague however stated all he may “legally” write in 2019 whereas working for the newspaper was {that a} employees member moved from This Morning to Loose Women “despite a previous close friendship” with Schofield.
In an interview with the BBC, Schofield dismissed the claims that he tried to have Wootton dismissed from ITV, saying the accusations had come from Wootton’s “utter, total hatred” for him.
“You can’t do it. There is no way that any presenter on one show can get a contributor fired from another because they don’t like the fact they’re in the building,” Schofield stated to the BBC.
“I don’t know where this came from, that I have more power than anybody else. Bless Dan, there is a lot of things that I think he said out of hatred for me.”