The former prime minister and The News Agents presenter butted heads during the Channel 4 US election broadcast, which saw Donald Trump win his bid to return to the White House next year

The former Prime Minister has spoken out for the first time after his heated debate with broadcaster Emily Maitlis during Channel 4's US election coverage.

Johnson was present as a Trump supporter and, at one stage, Maitlis, who became a UK election night favourite after shutting down Nadine Dorries back in July, asked him about the “Trump-like behaviour” he “started importing” while he was prime minister.

Boris Johnson went head-to-head with BBC interviewer Emily Maitlis over his relationship with disgraced former US president, Donald Trump

Boris Johnson has said broadcaster Emily Maitlis was getting “pretty revved up” during their Channel 4 coverage of the US election, before he left the panel unexpectedly. The former prime minister claimed he was replaced on the panel because he had to catch a flight from Washington to London,

I had the great privilege of spending US election night with Emily Maitlis as she began her gradual descent into madness. Unfortunately, I had to leave the Channel Four studio early.