During an appearance on LBC Radio today, Tory leadership hopeful Boris Johnson was grilled about the origins of a photo that has emerged of he and his girlfriend Carrie Symonds just days after reports of a domestic dispute between the couple.
Host Nick Ferrari astonishingly asked Johnson 26 times about the photograph of the couple in a garden and when it was taken. Despite the incessant questioning, Johnson refused to reveal when the photograph was taken.
Johnson tried to remain silent on the issue and also claimed that the date of the photograph was a 'state secret', which led Ferrari to ask: "This is quite an old picture, isn't it?"
Ferrari then pointed out that Johnson's hair in the photograph was very different to the barnet that he is currently sporting. The host then added, "It's from before the haircut, from the Turkish chap."
Of all the things that were being aimed at him, Johnson took issue with this statement as he apparently no longer has his haircut by that particular gentleman.
Well, no you are wrong about that. Unfortunately, I no longer have my haircut by the Turkish chap.
I have my haircut by a very nice person called Kelly or possibly Tamara.
Ferrari then asked when was the last time that he'd had a haircut to which the Tory MP replied.
You'll have to ask Kelly or Tamara about that. It was quite recently, actually.
This absolutely farcical moment practically sums up British politics right now and everyone is making the same point about his haircut and the interview as a whole.
Absurd scenes on @LBC. So @BorisJohnson did know the photo existed, but it's fine because he has a new hairdresser… https://t.co/xwfOZ5aAac— Our Future, Our Choice (@Our Future, Our Choice) 1561452928
What Britain needs is the straight talking honest politics of [squints] a man who can’t answer the question “was th… https://t.co/Gu98Uk1zEF— James Felton (@James Felton) 1561455528
Boris Johnson currently doing his best to rule himself out of becoming the next British Prime Minister - listen liv… https://t.co/mrzWO2ZIU4— Rob Plaister (@Rob Plaister) 1561451917
Boris Johnson has just described the Garden Bridge as an “excellent project”. It cost £53m and doesn’t exist.— Larry the Cat (@Larry the Cat) 1561453286
Police are looking for witnesses to the Boris Johnson interview with Nick Ferrari. https://t.co/xjTTOOsXW0— Chris Thompson (@Chris Thompson) 1561454794
Yesterday the Boris Johnson campaign said it was accurate to say the infamous pic was taken on Sunday Now watch th… https://t.co/QxNCTXAWxH— Sam Coates Sky (@Sam Coates Sky) 1561457331
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