BBC politics presenter Laura Kuenssberg has revealed she was invited to take part in a threesome by a minister and his partner. Laura Kuenssberg, 50, also stated she was groped by another senior figure during an evening out at the theatre.
The journalist has not named the minister, explaining that the very uncomfortable encounter happened during a party conference. In her memoirs Pay Attention, published this week, she wrote that she went to the minister's hotel room expecting an adviser to be present. Instead, she encountered the minister with his shirt buttons undone and his partner beside him. As he sprawled across the bed, she finished her drink and quickly departed.
During an interview with The Sunday Times regarding whether she was invited to participate in a threesome, she stated, Well, maybe they were and maybe they weren't. As I say, maybe they weren't and I got it completely wrong. It was very uncomfortable. The minister remains unidentified, along with the party conference he attended. Ms Kuenssberg stated she would never name the politician, telling The Mail on Sunday, Nice try [but] I am taking it to my grave. She cautioned against assuming it was a Conservative politician simply because she served as the BBC political editor from 2015 to 2022, noting she attended conferences in various roles before and after that position.
Ms Kuenssberg, who currently presents Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg on BBC1, added that a married government minister she frequently met for coffee to discuss political issues invited her to the theatre and groped her during the outing. She stated she immediately severed all contact with him. In her book, she also mentioned another former minister who greeted her with a kiss on the head every time they met, describing the gesture as weird. Additionally, she claimed an unnamed peer sent her a really creepy text praising her television attire, prompting her to stop responding.
Addressing these experiences, Ms Kuenssberg told The Times on Sunday, People do things. And human behaviour is a complicated thing and sometimes people behave badly. She continued, There is still a concern in Westminster that particularly young people starting out are sometimes very vulnerable. Her book also addresses severe public abuse she endured, including an online message telling her, Why don't you f**k off and die of ovarian cancer, you b***h. The abuse escalated to the point where BBC management assigned bodyguards to protect her. Furthermore, her book dedicates two chapters to Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, whom she described as incredibly gifted.
