Boris Johnson was unperturbed by the criticism, arguing he’d answered all the questions and was “blissfully engaged promoting my book ‘Unleashed,’ available in all good book stores.”Benjamin Cremel/AFP via Getty Images

Boris Johnson ‘fired’ from US election show for plugging his book – POLITICO

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LONDON — Boris Johnson was removed from Channel 4’s U.S. election night program for promoting his book too much.

The former U.K. prime minister, providing analysis for the British broadcaster, repeatedly held up his recently published memoir “Unleashed” and dropped references to it, despite being told off by the hosts for doing so.

“Now, here in the studio we have a largely new panel — Boris Johnson has been fired for banging on about his book too much,” said co-anchor Krishnan Guru-Murthy less than two hours into Channel 4’s coverage.