Eni Aluko says Ian Wright’s refusal to accept an apology from her last year “greenlit further abuse”, and admitted she felt “gaslit” by social media comments from ITV presenter Laura Woods earlier this week. Aluko had told the BBC’s Woman’s Hour last April that Wright and other male pundits risked blocking the pathway for female counterparts. Aluko subsequently apologised, but Wright said at the time he could not accept it and wanted to move on. Woods posted on X: “Caps don’t win automatic work and they don’t make a brilliant pundit either. “Laura consistently said to me, ‘I think you’re a brilliant broadcaster, I think you’re a brilliant pundit’.

Source: Irish Examiner February 10, 2026 15:47 UTC