Dan Wootton

JP Liz V1

Is Mr. Showbiz Dan Wootton in trouble, is the sh!t about to hit the fan, gone to ground hiding

Gregor Samsa

This is your 79,404th post on Boards, and you still don't know how to provide any kind of context, information or link that would help people engage in discussion or even let people know what the fúck you're supposed to be posting about. Unbelievable.

Jim_Hodge

I've no idea. What are you talking about? Even after googling to see who he is I don't know what you're on about.

Mitch Connor

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120849484#Comment_120849484

Saw some stuff on twitter this morning that was basically saying if The Sun wanted to have a sex pervert story on a news celeb, they could look closer to home at their own HR files on Wooton. Originates from PopB1tch i think.

EDIT: He's stepped away from GBNews, for unspecified reasons, asking for privacy...

and here's the popbitch info.

https://twitter.com/jpublik/status/1679546803115401221

ancapailldorcha

Wootton's a lying little scumbag. I suspect he's libeled someone and he's laying low.

greenspurs

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120849578#Comment_120849578

Thats being played backwards ......

ancapailldorcha

So it is. I'd better remove that.

One eyed Jack

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120849471#Comment_120849471

I shouldn’t have laughed, but the frustration is palpable 😂

As for Wooton? GB News stooge had him pretty much exited from journalism anyway I thought. I mean there’s tabloids, and then beneath that there’s scum journalism, and beneath that there’s GB News, an entertainment channel posing as a news channel. Going to ground is a step up!

gmisk

It's been a long time coming, a taste of his own hateful medicine

Tom Mann Centuria

An excellent summary of what Wootton has done to people over the years according to his ex boyfriend, the thread is several tweets long, not just the one linked:

https://twitter.com/rubytrubes/status/1679240800310382593?t=8EL2syWN67mtYjpHhP3f5A&s=19

JP Liz V1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120849471#Comment_120849471

Nothing "official" out about him yet but you can see from other posters some tweets quoted

May I ask what exactly do you want to know, if you don't know him then don't post in a thread about him

I kinda thought everyone knew him

ArmaniJeanss

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120849985#Comment_120849985

Meh, no harm done, but there's probably about 1000 famous people you could start a thread on and not be reasonably expected to have to explain who they are. Dan Wootton just isn't one of those people, so some background maybe. A thread in politics - possibly most would know him there and not need a bio. Even then whilst I'm an avid politics follower who knows him from his rancid columns, I'd probably struggle to pick him out of a line-up of cnuts.

JP Liz V1

Fair enough, I'll add pic and bio for unknowns

Gregor Samsa

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120849985#Comment_120849985

I'ts not about knowing him or not, it's about context. What trouble is he in? What shít is about to hit the fan? How do you know he's gone to ground? You know, the stuff that would allow people to discuss what you obviously want to discuss.

As you say, other posters have filled in the blanks after the fact, but do you not think it would have been a good idea to put some of that into your opening post?

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120849471#Comment_120849471

Horrible aggressive post to Liz.

We all have different styles and while no real context was given you could have just asked her what was going on rather than be nasty.

JP Liz V1

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Wootton

He has gone quite on social media and not on GB News lately, an ex talking of their toxic abusive relationship

Agent Coulson

I only know who he is because of the Phillip Schofield pile on a few with back with him & Eamonn Holmes.

Probably on hoilday

https://twitter.com/GBNEWS/status/1679875902103236608?s=20

odyssey06

I thought he was a rugby player for some reason!

Seems like some very shady behaviour by him and The Sun but wonder why this is only breaking now.

Be right back

According to his instagram, he's currently in New Zealand with his family. I don't particularly like him but he might prefer to be with his family rather than posting on social media!

Arthur Pants

Never heard of him.

AllForIt

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120851689#Comment_120851689

That wiki page says

In February 2022, Andrew Brady, a former Apprentice contestant and ex-fiancé of Caroline Flack, was jailed for four months for harassing Wootton and making false accusations of sexual offences against him.[39]

Never heard about that one.

JP Liz V1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120851990#Comment_120851990

Is that the fella, skid mark from CBB 😁 Dan was very bad against Caroline Flack who like Huw Edwards was vocal about their mental health issues before their controversies troubles etc.,

razorblunt

Wootton is a nobody. The echo chamber that is twitter elevates him somewhat and his need for controversy will see his stuff come in to your feed even if you don't follow him.

He's a celebrity gossip journalist who was hated and he landed on a role in GBNews when they were offering it to almost anyone. His time has come, he's been taking more Ls than Ws for years now.

tesla_newbie

I’ve watched about ten minutes of GB news since it’s inception, I have seen Wooton elsewhere, thought he was a showbiz gossip columnist of some sort?

maik3n

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120853969#Comment_120853969

He was very prolific back in the day, as a showbiz gossipmonger, on ITV daytime (Lorraine, This Morning, Loose Women) etc.

I think he may well have also turned up on Irish tv talking showbizness a few times.

However, I think following the death of Caroline Flack, things took a considerably darker turn. A lot of people, rightly, felt his treatment of her/the story was very bad and he seemed to go down a bit of an alt right rabbithole ( or it forced him into showing his true colours )

He was a serious brexiteer and he also became a big anti sjw, anti woke, anti-trans crusader culminating in him ending up on GBeebies.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120851719#Comment_120851719

Count your blessing.

Regular Daily Mail contributor.

He's an unmerciful whopper.

Tom Mann Centuria

A former escort called Kevin Sutherland has accused Dan Wootton of raping him back in 2014 (went to police in 2021 but apparently no action taken)

https://twitter.com/KevSutherlandx/status/1679981718260838400?t=XD2EBRWRqcY-5xErcnj1yA&s=19

raynehell

Johnny Depp sued Dan for libel over a Sun column Dan wrote claiming Depp was a wife beater, his main source being Depp's ex-wife, Amber Heard. Depp lost badly, the Judge siding with Wootton by ruling that 12 of 14 abuse allegations were proven. Depp, the judge declared, was a wife-beater.

He's been with GB News from the start and shows no sign he's about to leave (due back on air in a few hours, so if he's absent there may be something to this latest stuff (regurgitated from years ago).

That 'Kevin Sutherland' (not his real name) guy has such a shady, criminal past that no MSM outlet would dream of citing him as a source for any dirt dished up against media-darling Dan

Allinall

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120851689#Comment_120851689

If only more people did this, the world would be a much better place.

raynehell

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120864033#Comment_120864033

He's back on GB News after taking annual leave to visit relatives in New Zealand

cloudhopper19

Are people watching GB news?

raynehell

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120864916#Comment_120864916

I watch it daily; it's more fun than most News channels, and Dan regular Ben puts him in his place

johannmall

Reminds me of a prominent unionist MLA wife who was screwing the staff ! These things always surface , and especially for the self righteous, there's nothing better than their hypocrisises exposed ! Always enjoyed watching Angus Deayton squirm on HIGNFY Before he was axed , how he demolished good folk , anyway !

cj maxx

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120849669#Comment_120849669

As a Monaghan man I have to say I do love your sig about Tyrone 😬😬

johannmall

As a dub , easy to see why you made semis , hats off to mcmanus , final score unreflective of a great game !

ancapailldorcha

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120864988#Comment_120864988

Glad you liked it.

More on Mr. Wootton:

https://twitter.com/AdamBienkov/status/1681032959770476544

pjohnson

I remember when some (one) people were desperately trying to claim GBNews was going to dominate the airwaves and change news in Britain.

When in reality it was just grift central with various stooges "hosting".

ancapailldorcha

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120865230#Comment_120865230

They still do it from time to time.

I'd be surprised if this is the last scandal from the "talent" of GB News.

raynehell

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120865214#Comment_120865214

Bytline Times?! This blinkered, lefty-biased site castigates The Sun for daring to even suggest the slightest negative suspicion of his holiness Huw, even anonymously; but when it comes to Dan, they hurl all manner of anonymous allegations against him. Yet how different really are the allegations? Both are basically alleged to have paid for sex-pics. Career cancellation for Dan, compassion for Huw?

raynehell

Wootton is right now live on air dissing the allegations and claiming his main accusers are malevolent liars

JP Liz V1

Yahoo News

The publishers behind the Sun and MailOnline are looking into allegations that Dan Wootton inappropriately offered colleagues tens of thousands of pounds in return for sexual material.

Wootton’s ex-boyfriend claimed last week that Wootton, who is now a presenter on GB News, used the pseudonym “Martin Branning” and offered individuals large sums of money in return for filming themselves carrying out sex acts.

Alex Truby alleged he made the discovery after accessing Wootton’s hard drive in 2013 and seeing emails mentioning the pseudonym.

On Monday, the website Byline Times went further and published a story claiming that an anonymous “trusted former colleague” of the GB News anchor had come forward to say Wootton used the Branning name. The Guardian has not been able to independently establish the link between Branning and Wootton.

Many of the allegations relate to the time when Wootton was employed by the Sun, which is owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News UK. The Guardian understands the organisation has no record of internal complaints relating to a Martin Branning, although it is urging anyone who wishes to make fresh allegations to approach the company.

A spokesperson for News UK said: “We are looking into the allegations made in recent days. We are not able to make any further comment at this stage.”

Wootton currently writes a regular column for MailOnline. A spokesperson for DMG Media, the site’s parent company, said: “We are aware of the allegations and are looking into them.”

The Guardian has over the last three years talked to multiple individuals working in the media who say they have been approached online by a person using the name Martin Branning.

The individuals, usually with links to the Sun, described being offered tens of thousands of pounds by Branning, usually in return for performing sexual acts on camera. The messages appeared to be personalised and were targeted at individuals, usually straight men, including employees of News UK.

Wootton has denied that any illegal behaviour took place and has not commented further on the allegations. His employers at GB News did not respond to a request for comment.

raynehell

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120868767#Comment_120868767

Update:

Wootton has taken control of his own story becoming the first MSM presenter to publish anything about it. He began his show tonight with an adamant denial, defacto daring anyone to say otherwise. Impressive move, whether guilty or innocent

odyssey06

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120868556#Comment_120868556

I hope the legal teams of said accusers are paying attention.

raynehell

If other MSM outlets follow up on this and continue attacks on Dan, then yeah.

But after the Huw debacle, most may be too timid to risk it, in which case Dan will have little need to take legal action. He says the cops are well aware, and as at least one of the accuers is a felon, that guy'll have to watch himself

cloudhopper19

I'd be surprised if this is the last scandal from the "talent" of GB News.

HalloweenJack

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120865230#Comment_120865230

Lost £30m in its first year and had an audience share of 0.25% in April 2023 according to BARB and 0.3% for its radion channel in March.

A roaring success.

sligeach

GB News Star Dan Wootton Unmasked in Cash-for-Sexual Images Catfishing Scandal

https://bylinetimes.com/2023/07/17/gb-news-star-dan-wootton-unmasked-in-cash-for-sexual-images-catfishing-scandal/

I will do a little jig if he is guilty. Dan Wootton is a $©##8@#! The site will be publishing more today and through the week.

JP Liz V1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120868556#Comment_120868556

His employers should suspend him while investigations are carried out like he demanded for Philip Schofield and others during allegations investigations

razorblunt

Lorraine Kelly will be devastated by the news. That's Lorraine Kelly the TV presenter, a character played by a person named Lorraine Kelly. For tax avoidance reasons naturally.

raynehell

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120871785#Comment_120871785

Innocvcent until proven guilty. They'd be fools to take their most popular presenter off air 'cos a bunch of compulsive liars allege years old wrong doing that he admantly denies

kippy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120872831#Comment_120872831

Interesting to see some of his statement yesterday. He was adamant the 'establishment' wast trying to take down GBNews with these types of stories.

Maybe I am wrong here but isn't Jacob Rees Mogg a presenter on GBNews also? Surely you can't get more establishment than JRM?

JRM also under some scrutiny I noticed by some commons select committees around this gig also.