Eamonn Holmes has attempted to “clarify” his comments on 5G technology and coronavirus – as British broadcasting watchdog Ofcom said it would urgently assess hundreds of complaints about his remarks.
The presenter told viewers of This Morning, where he made the original comments, that he had agreed the conspiracy theories are not true.
The 60-year-old said there is “no scientific evidence to substantiate any 5G theories” but did not apologise and said he had been “misinterpreted”.
He told viewers: “I want to clarify some comments that some of you may have misinterpreted from me yesterday, around conspiracy theories and coronavirus, and this involved the rollout of 5G. “Both Alice Beer and myself agreed in a discussion on this very programme