Ben Shapiro had a rough go of it today in an interview with the BBC’s Andrew Neil, who is apparently a right-winger. But his line of questions, which were most certainly antagonistic, sounded pretty left-wing to Shapiro’s ears and, considering he had never heard of Neil and didn’t know his background, offended Shapiro to the point that he ended the interview after 16 minutes.
After the interview Shapiro apologized on Twitter for misreading Neil’s motivations:
Just pre-taped an interview with BBC’s @afneil. As I’m not familiar with him or his work, I misinterpreted his antagonism as political Leftism (he termed the pro-life position in America “barbaric”) – and that was apparently inaccurate. For that, I apologize.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) May 9, 2019
I just finished watching the full interview and, as someone who has also never heard of Neil, I can understand why Shapiro got upset with the line of questions, especially those on the pro-life movement.
You should watch below the full interview yourself in order to understand why Shapiro ended it the way he did:
Here’s @afneil interviewing @benshapiro on #politicslive– this is the full, unedited version. It is not Fox News or an unmediated YouTube video but a tough interrogation. https://t.co/9hn6MtdSJx
— Rob Burley (@RobBurl) May 10, 2019
Or you can watch it here via Youtube: