Ann Widdecombe once launched into a fierce row with child killer Mark Philpott live on air. The late Reform UK minister, who sadly died on Friday (July 10), once spent a week with Mick and Mairead Philpott back in 2007, years before they served time behind bars. In 2013, the couple were convicted of the manslaughter of their six children following a house fire.

The late politician stayed with the couple as part of the television documentary Ann Widdecombe Versus. In the clip, Ann described the father as highly manipulative and aggressive as she grilled him about living off benefits.

In the resurfaced clip, she explained: "As soon as I started pressing him on work, on the morality of deliberately living on everyone else, he started to get very nasty." The film then cuts to Widdecombe confronting the convict in his home.

Holding nothing back, she bluntly asked: "Why don't you go out and work?" Mr Philpott fumed in response: "Just shut your gob and listen. I am working, I'm looking after my kids." After listening to his excuses, she fumed: "Get a job."

Later on in the programme, Ann shared one worrying moment when she feared he was going to hit her after she told him a "coward" as he enjoyed a pint at the pub. She told viewers: "He got very angry, and there was a point when he moved suddenly, and I really thought he was going to hit me, and I flinched back, and I thought, 'This is it'.

Jumping out of his chair, he shouted: "Let's see who's a coward, b***h. Let's f***ing move it." He then stormed out of the pub, shouting and flailing his arms around.

Ann later lamented: "I did worry slightly throughout the whole programme that he might actually get physically aggressive, but I really thought that was the moment. It didn't happen; he had control, he knew when to be careful, and he knew the cameras were there."

Following her death, the courageous clip went viral on X - formerly known as Twitter - as fans praised her bravery online. One user penned: "One of my favourite memories of Ann Widdecombe was telling the despicable benefit scrounger Mick Philpott to 'get a job' and calling him a 'coward' directly to his face [fire emoji]."

Another agreed: "Well done, Ann. Good job the camera crew were there," as a third chimed in with: "She sussed out that convict long before anyone else did."