Well, well, well. Channel 4 has announced that it has booked none other than Donald Trump-nemesis Stormy Daniels as a guest on its US election night show. The adult film actor at the centre of Trump’s hush-money scandal will commentate on the events of the evening live from Washington – after spending much of the year recounting some rather lurid details about her previous run-ins with the ex-president, all of which Trump has denied. Fetch the popcorn..
Alongside the woman who alleges the former US president slept with her before paying out a six-figure sum for her silence, Channel 4 producers have lined up some more curious choices for the coverage. Daniels will be joined by former prime minister-turned-autobiographer Boris Johnson, who will be flying into Washington fresh from his book-promoting tour across the UK’s airwaves. Succession star Brian Cox will feature on the show, while Caitlyn Jenner of Kardashian fame has also been locked in. And hosting the evening, of course, will be Channel 4’s Krishnan Guru-Murthy and the News Agents‘ Emily Maitlis – who will be hoping to avoid Trump-backer Marjorie Taylor Greene at all costs.
The broadcaster has struck a deal with US channel CNN to share guests, journalists and data across the evening in its first overnight US election broadcast coverage since 1992. The jam-packed line-up is reminiscent of the rather interesting panel Channel 4 put forward for the UK national poll show – during which Alastair Campbell and Nadine Dorries enjoyed their, er, fair share of fighting. Got to do something to pull the viewers in, eh?
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