Daniel John William Wootton (born 2 March 1983) is a New Zealand-born journalist and broadcaster. He is executive editor of The Sun newspaper. In 2007, he joined the News of the World. In 2013, he joined The Sun on Sunday and became editor of the Bizarre column the following year. In February 2016, he became associate editor of The Sun and in March 2018 was promoted to executive editor. In 2021 Wootton will leave News UK to join MailOnline as a columnist and present a show on GB News.

Dan Wootton: GB News is moving on as another presenter appears to replace him

Dan Wootton, once a star of GB News with a show running from Monday to Thursday evenings, has been suspended since the end of September 2023. This suspension occurred after Dan Wootton received actor turned politician Laurence Fox on his show. During the segment, Fox criticised political journalist Ava Evans in a sexist and derogatory way.

At first Wootton tried to distance himself from Fox, but the latter exposed direct messages which showed that Wootton knew what was going to be said on his show. This followed months of reporting by Byline Times about Wootton’s alleged bullying, harassment and catfishing.

After more than a month of silence on Wootton’s fate, GB News released a statement.

Dan Wootton’s slot is filled

In a statement released on 13 November, just hours before the change occurred, GB News announced that Patrick Christys would be hosting the Patrick Christys Show. This show officially fills ‘the channel’s 9pm prime time programme’. This time slot used to be Dan Wootton’s.

However, GB News hasn’t confirmed that they are replacing Wootton. They instead opted to write that Patrick Christys’ show would fill in the slot ‘until further notice.’

With this move, it can be understood that GB News is, without addressing the problem directly, showing viewers and the media that they are moving away from Wootton and have found a way to fill the gap he left.

Viewers of GB News might not tune in

Patrick Christys took to X to share his excitement. He wrote:

"Thank you to all the wonderful viewers and listeners that have made my time at @GBNEWS so magical. I will be doing the 9-11pm show, Patrick Christys Tonight, until further notice. I can promise you that I will give it my all."