{"id":1175309,"date":"2021-12-31T11:19:23","date_gmt":"2021-12-31T16:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1175309"},"modified":"2021-12-31T11:19:25","modified_gmt":"2021-12-31T16:19:25","slug":"fact-check-did-boris-johnsons-mother-call-him-an-idiot-with-no-common-sense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-boris-johnsons-mother-call-him-an-idiot-with-no-common-sense\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did Boris Johnson\u2019s Mother Call Him An \u2018Idiot With No Common Sense\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-did-boris-johnsons-mother-call-him-an-idiot-with-no-common-sense%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1175309&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>An image&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid=5282079105139868&amp;set=gm.617429665970260\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid%3D5282079105139868%26set%3Dgm.617429665970260&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1640894541631000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3C0LOawKm12cMUcaiYULmr\">shared on Facebook<\/a> over 770 times claims British Prime Minister Boris Johnson\u2019s mother called him an \u201cidiot with no common sense\u201d and said she hopes \u201che never goes into politics.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7344650\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7344650\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot\/Facebook<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>There is no evidence Johnson\u2019s mother said the quote attributed to her in the Facebook post.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Johnson\u2019s mother, Charlotte Johnson Wahl, died in September at the age of 79, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2021\/sep\/13\/boris-johnsons-mother-charlotte-johnson-wahl-dies-at-79\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Guardian<\/a>. In recent days, some social media users have been sharing an alleged quote from her, saying negative things about her son.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes he is an idiot with no common sense,\u201d Johnson Wahl allegedly said. \u201cI love all my children dearly but Alexander Boris really has very little in the way of social skills, he\u2019s forever in some power struggle with his siblings and changes his mind constantly. I just hope he never goes into politics. He\u2019d be a disaster.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There is no record of Johnson Wahl ever saying the quote attributed to her in the Facebook post.&nbsp;Johnson Wahl was interviewed by outlets such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tatler.com\/article\/boris-johnson-family-charlotte-johnson-wahl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tatler<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/2015\/09\/28\/boris-johnson-mother-charlotte-johnson-wahl-paintings_n_8210450.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Radio Times<\/a> in 2015, where she spoke about her son. She called her son \u201csoft-hearted\u201d in The Tatler interview. In the Radio Times interview, she stated that Johnson would make a \u201cgood prime minister\u201d and that \u201cHe\u2019s not as daft as he behaves,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/2015\/09\/28\/boris-johnson-mother-charlotte-johnson-wahl-paintings_n_8210450.html\">HuffPost<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s not as daft as he behaves \u2013 and he does behave in quite a daft way. He\u2019s late for things and so on, but has a very good sense of what\u2019s important,\u201d Johnson Wahl said to Radio Times,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/2015\/09\/28\/boris-johnson-mother-charlotte-johnson-wahl-paintings_n_8210450.html\">HuffPost<\/a>&nbsp;reported. \u201cI think he would be a good prime minister. He\u2019s a very kind man, very fair.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Had Johnson Wahl said that she hoped her son never goes into politics, media outlets would have reported on it, yet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=boris+johnson+mother+idiot+with+no+common+sense&amp;ei=4OTMYfqgN4GF4-EPnpO58A4&amp;ved=0ahUKEwj6kKP7ior1AhWBwjgGHZ5JDu4Q4dUDCA4&amp;uact=5&amp;oq=boris+johnson+mother+idiot+with+no+common+sense&amp;gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAMyBwgAELADEEMyBwgAELADEEMyBwgAELADEEMyBwgAELADEEMyBwgAELADEEMyBwgAELADEEMyBwgAELADEEMyBwgAELADEEMyBwgAELADEEMyCgguEMgDELADEEMyCgguEMgDELADEEMyCgguEMgDELADEENKBAhBGAFKBAhGGABQtghYkDxg9TxoAXAAeACAAQCIAQCSAQCYAQCgAQHIAQzAAQE&amp;sclient=gws-wiz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">none have<\/a>.&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2020\/05\/06\/fact-check-video-boris-johnson-journalists-tea-recovering-coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Does This Video Show Boris Johnson Giving Journalists Tea After Recovering From COVID-19?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time a similar quote has been attributed to the mother of a politician. Check Your Fact debunked in 2019 a <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2019\/12\/27\/fact-check-donald-trump-mary-anne-mother-politics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">baseless claim<\/a> that former President Donald Trump\u2019s mother Mary Anne Trump called him an \u201cidiot with no common sense.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image\u00a0shared on Facebook over 770 times claims British Prime Minister Boris Johnson\u2019s mother called him an \u201cidiot with no common sense\u201d and said she hopes \u201che never goes into &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1175309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1175309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1175309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1175309\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1175309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1175309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1175309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}