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Hillary Clinton cancels UK TV and radio interviews due to ankle injury Hillary Clinton praises NHS after broken toe prevents interviews
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Hillary Clinton was forced to cancel interviews with Woman’s Hour and This Morning after she stumbled and twisted her ankle, her communications director said on Monday. Hillary Clinton has paid tribute to the NHS after she was forced to rearrange a series of interviews because she fell and broke her toe.
The former presidential candidate was due to appear on the BBC Radio 4 and ITV programmes as part of a gruelling promotional tour for her new book, What Happened. But she missed both interviews and was also several hours late for an appearance on the BBC’s Graham Norton Show. The former US presidential candidate had been due to appear on Woman’s Hour, This Morning and the Graham Norton Show as part of a promotional tour for her book What Happened.
When she eventually arrived to record the latter interview she “joked about how she caught her heel on some steps and twisted her ankle earlier today”, according to her aide Nick Merrill, who posted a picture of her on Norton’s set wearing a protective boot. She was reported to have praised the NHS in her interview. But all three interviews were cancelled or delayed after the accident, which she described when she finally made it to Norton’s set.
Earlier, Woman’s Hour host Jane Garvey had been forced to apologise live on air after Clinton’s heavily trailed appearance was cancelled at the last minute. “Hillary Clinton has been delayed this morning, as I’ve already said,” Garvey said. “It does look like she’s not going to make it before the end of the programme. “I was running down the stairs in heels with a cup of coffee in hand, I was talking over my shoulder and my heel caught and I fell backwards,” she said. “I tried to get up and it really hurt. I’ve broken my toe. I’ve received excellent care from your excellent health service.”
Her communications director, Nick Merrill, posted a picture of Clinton on set wearing a protective boot, saying she had twisted her ankle.
HRC on The Graham Norton Show, joking about how she caught her heel on some steps & twisted her ankle earlier today. Back to the book tour! pic.twitter.com/Fk30HLjNat
Clinton’s praise of the NHS, a publicly funded healthcare system, is in sharp contrast to Donald Trump, who has spent much of his presidency unsuccessfully attempting to dismantle the insurance subsidy programme known as Obamacare. Some Democrats are making the case for a single-payer system that would resemble the NHS.
The incident may bring back unhappy memories of constant questions from Trump during the campaign about her health, speculation over which reached fever pitch when a video emerged showing her unsteady on her feet. Clinton’s doctors later said she was treated for pneumonia and dehydration, and made a full recovery.
The Woman’s Hour host, Jane Garvey, had earlier been forced to apologise live on air after the former secretary of state’s heavily trailed appearance was cancelled at the last minute. “Hillary Clinton has been delayed this morning, as I’ve already said,” Garvey said. “It does look like she’s not going to make it before the end of the programme.
“I’m really, really sorry about that. I think you can understand just how sorry I am. We’re working very, very hard to get this interview rescheduled and Hillary Clinton is very apologetic. So what can I say, that’s the situation.”“I’m really, really sorry about that. I think you can understand just how sorry I am. We’re working very, very hard to get this interview rescheduled and Hillary Clinton is very apologetic. So what can I say, that’s the situation.”
I’d read the book and everything. Apologies. #HillaryClinton @BBCWomansHour pic.twitter.com/Dh66CuYVphI’d read the book and everything. Apologies. #HillaryClinton @BBCWomansHour pic.twitter.com/Dh66CuYVph
But Merrill later tweeted that Clinton had been able to reschedule the interview for later in the day and was “taping it now for tomorrow morning”.But Merrill later tweeted that Clinton had been able to reschedule the interview for later in the day and was “taping it now for tomorrow morning”.
Amid frantic reshuffling of Clinton’s commitments on a publicity tour that has already made her near-ubiquitous in the British media, This Morning presenter Philip Schofield also suggested that it had not immediately proved possible to schedule a new interview for the ITV show. Amid frantic reshuffling of Clinton’s commitments on a publicity tour that has already made her near-ubiquitous in the British media, the This Morning presenter Philip Schofield suggested it had not immediately been possible to schedule a new interview for the ITV show.
Schofield posted on his Snapchat account: “Supposed to be interviewing Hillary Clinton … but she’s fallen over and hurt her foot!! Gutted.” He later said that he had been asked to rush back to the studio to do the interview before adding a picture of Clinton’s book on the programme’s sofa and the caption “Not happening!” Schofield posted on his Snapchat account: “Supposed to be interviewing Hillary Clinton … but she’s fallen over and hurt her foot!! Gutted.”
Clinton’s promotional tour across the UK has been busy throughout. She was also more than an hour late for a speech to the Cheltenham literature festival on Sunday, where an audience of 2,500 people awaited her arrival. He later said he had been asked to rush back to the studio to do the interview, before posting a picture of Clinton’s book on the studio sofa with the caption “not happening!”
During her talk, she blamed her loss to Donald Trump on sexism and the “maddening” double standards women are held to in public life. “The only way we’ll get sexism out of politics is to get many more women into politics,” she said. Clinton was more than an hour late for a speech to Cheltenham literature festival on Sunday, where an audience of 2,500 people awaited her arrival.
Clinton recalled how she “collapsed with grief” after her political loss and turned to yoga, mystery novels and long walks in the woods to overcome the shock. During her talk, she blamed her loss to Trump on sexism and the “maddening” double standards women are held to in public life. “The only way we’ll get sexism out of politics is to get many more women into politics,” she said.
“Everybody gets knocked down. What matters obviously is whether you get yourself back up and keep going. As a person I’m ok, as an American I’m worried,” she said, citing Trump’s relationship with North Korea and the US’s withdrawal from the Paris climate accord as causes for concern. Clinton recalled how she “collapsed with grief” after her loss and turned to yoga, mystery novels and long walks in the woods to overcome the shock.
“Everybody gets knocked down. What matters obviously is whether you get yourself back up and keep going. As a person, I’m OK; as an American, I’m worried,” she said, citing Trump’s position on North Korea and the US withdrawal from the Paris climate accord as causes for concern.
Hillary Clinton finally arrives 1hr 40 mins later than scheduled for her live chat at the Cheltenham Literature Festival pic.twitter.com/ZWxep0TkfWHillary Clinton finally arrives 1hr 40 mins later than scheduled for her live chat at the Cheltenham Literature Festival pic.twitter.com/ZWxep0TkfW
Jenni Murray recently wrote for the Guardian about Clinton’s previous appearance on Woman’s Hour, in 2014. At the time, she was preparing to announce her plan to stand again for the Democrats.Jenni Murray recently wrote for the Guardian about Clinton’s previous appearance on Woman’s Hour, in 2014. At the time, she was preparing to announce her plan to stand again for the Democrats.
“She was late for the Woman’s Hour start time of two minutes past 10am,” Murray said. “Not her fault, but minders underestimating London traffic …“She was late for the Woman’s Hour start time of two minutes past 10am,” Murray said. “Not her fault, but minders underestimating London traffic …
“Into my ear, as my conversation with Shirley [Williams] and [her friend] Eva came to a close, were the whispered, thrilled words of the producer. ‘She’s here! Hillary Clinton’s here’.”“Into my ear, as my conversation with Shirley [Williams] and [her friend] Eva came to a close, were the whispered, thrilled words of the producer. ‘She’s here! Hillary Clinton’s here’.”