Who is Laurence Fox? Commentator mocked after burning LGBTQ+ ...

He posted video of his deed on Twitter, where he can be heard calling the flags “child mutilation bunting”.

The Pride flags were then doused in lighter fluid before Laurence attempted to ignite them, saying “goodbye” as he moved along the row of banners.

The flames quickly extinguished on their own, preventing the flags from burning in the trick.

The 45-year-old shared the controversial stunt with the remark, “My friend brought me some child mutilation bunting. It got the treatment it deserved.”

His actions have since been widely criticised by Twitter users, with some branding the actions “homophobic”.

Fox was temporarily banned from the social media platform last year after changing his profile picture to a swastika made out of Pride flags.

Born in Leeds, Fox is a broadcaster, political activist, musician and actor.

He made his acting debut in 2001 with the film The Hole. Perhaps his best-known role is James Hathaway in the drama series Lewis. He has also released a studio album in 2016 titled Holding Patterns.

The actor hit the pause button in 2020 with the entertainment industry and has been hustling in broadcasting and politics since.

Today, he regularly presents a Friday night slot on GB News.

He secured money in September 2020 to launch Reclaim, a new political party that has been nicknamed “UKIP for culture”. Fox succeeded Jeremy Hosking as the party’s head in October 2020.

More recently, the Reclaim Party gained its first MP Andrew Bridgen after he was expelled from the Conservative Party, and Fox announced he will be standing in the upcoming 2023 Uxbridge and South Ruislip by-election as a Reclaim Party candidate.

Fox was previously married to Billie Piper, who he shares two sons with. He is currently engaged to Arabella Neagle.

In 2020, Fox publicly criticised the George Floyd demonstrations and COVID-19 vaccines.

He ran against what he called “extreme political correctness” in the 2021 London mayoral election after creating the right-wing political party Reclaim. He won 1.9 per cent of the vote, forfeiting his election deposit in the process.

Fox has also claimed that Meghan Markle was not a victim of racism when he participated as a panellist on the BBC’s political discussion show Question Time in January 2020

Due to his opinions, the British actors’ union Equity referred to him as “a disgrace to our industry,” but then rescinded that statement and issued an apology.

Fox tweeted “get kneeling, fuckers” in August 2021 in reference to the current rape and sexual assault accusations against black footballer Benjamin Mendy. Twitter erased the message and briefly suspended the account for breaking its “hateful conduct” policies.

Twitter temporarily banned Fox for a similar offensive stunt in June of last year.

Days after a shooter killed two people at the Oslo Pride event, he outraged people by changing his profile photo to a swastika made of numerous pride flags.

As a result, his account was suspended for breaking Twitter’s policies on publishing hateful images and abusive profile content.

After the restriction was lifted, he returned to social media, sharing the Twitter warning with his 369,200 followers and talking about the likelihood of “wokies“ exploding over a fresh, changed image of a flag.