Billie Piper says she resents being asked about Laurence Fox

Billie Piper has spoken about how she deals with her ex-husband Laurence Fox’s controversial comments.

The Doctor Who actress, 41, was married to actor turned political campaigner Fox from 2007 until 2016 and they have two sons together, Winston and Eugene.

She told British Vogue that she “had to make some choices and a divorce speaks for itself” and that his family, including his sister Lydia Fox and her husband Richard Ayoade “might have a more interesting take” on him.

Piper, who recently starred in I Hate Suzie and is in the upcoming Netflix film Scoop about the explosive Newsnight interview with the Duke of York, added that the privacy of her children is “paramount”.

Fox, 45, founded right-wing political group the Reclaim Party in October 2020, which is strongly associated with the “culture wars”, after an appearance on BBC show Question Time – which he claimed resulted in him being “cancelled from a 21-year acting career”.

Last year, the actor – known for his role as DS James Hathaway in detective series Lewis – was sacked as a presenter on GB News following comments he made about a female journalist.