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Ms Morgan was sacked by the incoming prime minister in June
Tory MP Nicky Morgan has pulled out of a planned appearance on Have I Got News for You, days after a row over her criticism of Theresa May’s wardrobe.
The satirical TV show said the former education secretary had pulled out of Friday’s show owing to “unforeseen circumstances”.
She angered Downing Street by querying what the PM spent on a pair of trousers worn in a Sunday Times feature.
It led to officials telling her not to attend a No 10 meeting on Brexit.
The so-called “trousergate” row dominated several of Sunday’s front pages, with a number of Conservative MPs having their say on the matter.
The politics of Theresa May’s trousers
In a speech on Tuesday evening, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson joked that Mrs May – who went on a walking holiday in the Swiss Alps this summer – “actually wears lederhosen”.
Ms Morgan had been booked in September to appear on this week’s HIGNFY, in an episode due to be hosted by Match of Day presenter Gary Lineker.
But a spokesman for Hat Trick Productions, which makes the show for the BBC, told the Press Association she would no longer be taking part.
No reason for her absence has been given. Recent political guests on the topical show have included Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg and UKIP’s Suzanne Evans.
