Gloria Hunniford slams Jonathan Ross for 'lewd' sex talks with guests on TV chat show

By Daniel Bates
Last updated at 8:22 AM on 02nd July 2008

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Veteran TV presenter Gloria Hunniford has attacked Jonathan Ross for constantly talking about sex with his guests.

Hunniford, 68, said Ross was not interested in holding a conversation with those who appeared on his show.

She said that instead the presenter only wanted to show off his lewd wit and talk about his guests' sex lives.

Radio and TV presenter Gloria Hunniford has slammed Jonathan Ross for his  remarks on his BBC show Friday night with Jonathan Ross, claiming that he talks about his guest's sex lives to show off his lewd wit

Ross, who earns ?18m for presenting Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, has irked numerous guests for delving into their private lives.

When David Cameron appeared on the programme in 2006 Ross caused a storm when he asked if the Conservative leader had ever had sexual fantasies about Margaret Thatcher when he was a boy.

Gweneth Paltrow on Jonathan Ross's show  in May, where the presenter said he would like to have sex with her

Former Tory minister Lord Tebbit branded Ross 'obscene' and although more than 250 people complained to media regulator Ofcom no formal action was taken.

Earlier this year, Ross told actress Gwyneth Paltrow: 'If you want to have sex I will phone my wife and if she gives me permission, I will f*** you. You're clearly gagging for it.'

And in March he spoke at length with Private Benjamin star Goldie Hawn, 62, on her sex life with actor husband Kurt Russell, 57.

Hunniford, who has interviewed dozens of celebrities during her career, said: 'I do get a bit annoyed with some of the new chat shows.'

'Take Jonathan Ross. I like his show but he uses his guests as a tool for his own humour, whereas Parky would try to learn about them.

'That's the type of interview I like best. If you have a major Hollywood star as a guest, you want to hear about them rather than just talking about sex all the time.'

Hunniford, a former host of The Heaven and Earth Show, Open House and Sunday Sunday, is not the first to bewail the decline in standards on TV chat shows.

Last year, Sir Michael Parkinson aimed a barb at Ross and Charlotte Church.

Parkinson, whose own career ended in December, said: "Mine's the last of the classic interview based chat shows. The rest now are just comedy shows. Nothing wrong with that, but it's not what I do. So this is it. I'm done."

Hunniford made her comments to TV Times magazine.

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