Andrew Neil
The British-Palestinian MP said she was "in shock" at their exchange on BBC Question Time.
A source in Rishi Sunak's campaign said Tory leadership candidates shouldn't "shy away from difficult things".
Andrew Neil asks Tory leadership hopeful about resurfaced clip from 2001 that went viral.
The former chancellor will face the feared interrogator on Friday, but the foreign secretary has refused.
"Get me off this planet right now."
Many critics couldn't help but compare the rumours to Andrew Neil's infamous "holiday" during the early days of GB News.
The veteran presenter left his position at the struggling broadcaster under acrimonious circumstances earlier this year.
It was recently announced Piers is joining Rupert Murdoch's new TV station talkTV.
"We need to know the government’s solution to these problems and on that Mr Johnson had not a jot.”