A TORY MP who resigned from the House of Commons after being caught watching porn in the chamber has revealed his wife "knows what he's like" and "chases him around the kitchen with scissors".
In a cringeworthy interview on Lorraine on Monday, former Tiverton and Honiton MP Neil Parish spoke about how things had between him and his partner following his humiliating exit from Westminster.
Viewers watched on in horror as he claimed he "went cleanly" but also told how his wife chases him around at home threatening to cut off his private parts.
He told Lorraine Kelly: "She knows I’m no angel and in fact, she chases me around the kitchen with the scissors going ‘snipper snap’ knowing full well what part of my anatomy she’s after. She knows what I’m like."
In an exclusive interview with #Lorraine, 'tractor-gate' MP Neil Parish explains his regrets and his wife reaction after being caught watching pornography in the House of Commons twice. ✂️ 😳 pic.twitter.com/21sVp0PDS7
— Lorraine (@lorraine) July 4, 2022
Kelly questioned Parish about why he didn't openly admit he had been watching porn initially before confessing later on. He said he would "freely admit" he was trying to pretend it hadn't happened.
The 65-year-old was suspended from the Tory whip in April following days of speculation over his identity.
At the time, when asked about the then-unnamed MP in a TV interview Parish said the whips would do "a thorough investigation" before it emerged he was actually the person who had watched porn after he claimed he accidentally came across it while looking at tractors online.
Parish - who used to chair the environment committee - went on to say he decided to "go cleanly" after speaking to his wife and children, who advised he should quit his post.
Parish said:" Yes I will freely admit that Lorraine [that he was trying to pretend it hadn’t happened].
"But also I was hoping that I would be able to sort it out and apologise. It would never have happened again and I was right to resign."
Kelly asked Parish how difficult the conversations had been between him and his wife in the wake of the incident.
He added: "She’s been hugely supportive, she came up with me all the 12 years I was in Parliament, she’s done so much with me and so naturally on the morning I decided to resign, it was her advice I took, it was my children, both very sound advice.
"In the end, do you twist and turn, do you tell lots of fibs, or do you go reasonably cleanly? And I decided to go cleanly."
Watching Neil Parish on @lorraine is just cringe 🤐😦🤢!#lorraine #dirtytories#ukpolitics
— Amy Wyatt 💪🏻🧘🏼♀️ (@familes_growing) July 4, 2022
When asked about whether he thought Boris Johnson set a "good example" to his MPs, Parish criticised how the Prime Minister had handled allegations against Chris Pincher, who resigned as deputy chief whip last week after being accused of drunkenly groping two men in a private members’ club in London.
Johnson is alleged to have referred to the MP as “Pincher by name, pincher by nature” before making him deputy chief whip in February, but previously said he didn't know about his behaviour.
Parish said: "I think dear Boris is good on the big things like vaccines and Ukraine and seeing down the murderous Russians, but it’s about trust and integrity.
"This latest thing with Chris Pincher; one day he says I didn’t know what his behaviour was like and then you’ve got Dominic Cummings saying he used to say 'Pincher by name, Pincher by nature'.
"I love Boris to bits in many ways, but why tell a fib when you know full well 24 hours later it’s going to be refuted?"
