Watch: Michelle Mone Tries To Clear Her Name But Leaves It More Murky – Reactions

Michelle Mone tries to clear her name but then has admitted that she lied when she denied repeatedly having been involved with a company that made millions of pounds in profits from UK government PPE deals during the pandemic.

Michelle Mone tries to clear her name

BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg interviewed the couple and it was quite enlightening.

Mone said she “wasn’t trying to pull the wool over anyone’s eyes” and had not told the truth about her involvement to protect her family from potential press attention.

It was then put to her that she had admitted lying to the press, reports The Guardian.

Michelle Mone replied: “That’s not a crime.”

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Mone said she regretted having done so: “We’ve done a lot of good, but if we were to say anything that we have done that we are sorry for, and that’s … We should have told the press straight up, straight away, nothing to hide … I was just protecting my family. And again, I’m sorry for that, but I wasn’t trying to pull the wool over anyone’s eyes. No one.”

Kuenssberg said: “You’ve admitted today that you lied to the press and you essentially lied to the public.” Mone replied: “Saying to the press, ‘I’m not involved’, to protect my family, can I just make this clear, it’s not a crime … I was protecting my family.”

Responding to Mone’s comments to the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg on Sunday, the shadow health secretary for Labour Party, Wes Streeting, said: “Our message to those people who sought to use the pandemic to get rich quick [is]: we want our money back.”

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Reactions

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Just rewatching Michelle Mone and Doug Barrowman trying to wash their reputation. Extraordinary lack of self-awareness. pic.twitter.com/zk3cctexfU

— Eddie Burfi (@EddieBurfi) December 18, 2023

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Dear #bbclaurak it’s unacceptable for you to interview Michelle Mone/her husband about matters under police investigation

There are 1000s of people also under investigation who would love the platform to share their “story’ but they don’t have money/powerpic.twitter.com/Ed8v32VqcD

— nazir afzal (@nazirafzal) December 17, 2023

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Give this a retweet if you support Michelle Mone being removed from the House of Lords and arrested until she settles her £223,000,000 debt. pic.twitter.com/Vf4CxVRg1O

— Alba Albert (@AlbaTimi) December 12, 2023

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Harsh or fair?

It's a good job Michelle Mone isn't a black mother wrongly accused of dodging a £2 bus fare, or she'd certainly have been arrested by now

— David__Osland (@David__Osland) December 17, 2023

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https://twitter.com/John_Ravenn/status/1736335391559491882

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Both?

Like if you want to see Piers Morgan in court.
RT if you want to see Doug Barrowman and Michelle Mone in court.#bbclaurak pic.twitter.com/Xn0fVQIdhN

— BladeoftheSun (@BladeoftheS) December 17, 2023

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“It’s not my money it is my husband’s money”

No Michelle Mone, actually it is OUR money.

Pay it back. #bbclaurak #Sundaypolitics pic.twitter.com/HOByaLGTRm

— Deirdre Heenan (@deirdreheenan) December 17, 2023

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We can now reveal Michelle Mone threatened to sue The New European over this front page. We told her to fuck off. pic.twitter.com/ujT8dklxT8

— The New European – Think Without Borders (@TheNewEuropean) December 10, 2023

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This aged well eh? #MichelleMone pic.twitter.com/QCXup4DaEm

— Janey Godley (@JaneyGodley) December 17, 2023

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