Iconic journalist Alastair Stewart was a "victim of cancel culture" before he joined GB News.
Alastair is a legend in the industry and appeared as a newsreader on ITV for more than 35 years, making him the longest-serving male news anchor on British television.
In January 2020, he stepped down as an ITV News presenter and joined GB News at its launch in 2021. In March 2023, he announced his retirement as a regular broadcaster due to health concerns.
To celebrate his service to the media industry, GB News named their new studio In Westminster after him and invited him along for its christening show.
The new GB News studio has been named in honour of Alastair Stewart
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Alastair covered some incredible stories in his time but was forced to step down from his role at ITV after he sent a Shakespeare quote to a Twitter user that included the phrase “angry ape”.
Talking on GB News today, Nigel Farage said that he thought Stewart was a victim of "cancel culture."
Farage said: "You're a victim of cancel culture. You were rejected by them for quoting Shakespeare."
Alastair said: "The pieces that were written at the time by our mutual acquaintance Andrew Neil and Fraser Nelson at The Spectator and many others were very interesting.'
He is a legendary broadcaster
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Anyone who saw racism in that exchange neither understood racism, nor did they understand the Bard, despite the great anniversary of the First Folio and the rest of it.
"I was sad to retire from from GB News, but it was the right thing to do because of my health."
Nigel said: "We were delighted to have you. You were the grand old man of GB News."
Alastair said: "You know, and I'll tell you this, GB News looked after me extremely well when I started to become ill and when we jointly decided it was time to step back. They couldn't have been nicer, nor could they have been kinder. And I really value that. So does my family."
Alastair Stewart announced he was stepping back from his role in March GB NEWSWhen asked how he deals with retirement, Alastair joked: "Not terribly well. I mean I still watch day in day out and listen to the radio as well and look as many papers as I can.
"At GB News now, if I spot something where I think I might have a contribution or I'm fired up about something, then I simply do a quick email and say, look, I'd be very happy to talk."
Nigel finished off by telling him: "It's a pleasure to have you tonight in this studio named in your honour after a long and illustrious career.
"Alastair, you're a star."