Ant Middleton defiantly says he’s an ‘honest voice’ after controversial comments

Ant Middleton has vowed to keep speaking his mind despite causing an uproar with his controversial comments.

The SAS: Who Dares Wins star was forced to apologise after his posts about coronavirus and the Black Lives Matter protests were met with massive backlash.

And while he held his hands up at the time, Ant now says he’s prepared to take on the criticism that comes with being honest.

The 39-year-old told The Sun : “An honest voice is a good one and you have to be prepared to take the flak.

“The moment you go out there and think you are someone else, that’s when you start to lose yourself.

“Sometimes I get it wrong, but I would rather do that and learn as I go.”

Ant has channelled his ethos into his new book Zero Negativity, which he says is a guide to finding positives in even the most difficult situations.

He says he’s got so much positive energy that you could “run the National Grid” off him.

Ant’s controversial comments even led to him losing his role as the Royal Navy’s Chief Cadet.

He’d been in the role since last November but was said to have stepped down in August after being told to leave or be sacked.

Ant caused outrage when he tweeted about the Black Lives Matters protests that emerged following the death of US man George Floyd during his arrest.

Ant wrote: “The extreme left against the extreme right! When did two wrong’s make a right?!? It was only a matter of time BLM & EDL not welcome on our streets, absolute scum. What a great example you are to our future generation… BRAVO”

Ant later apologised for his tweet, saying: “On Saturday night, I made comments about the violence breaking out across our streets.

“While I remain dismayed at these actions, I am horrified to realise that my wording could be misconstrued.

“I did not mean to say that BLM are scum, or to imply that BLM and the EDL are equivalent.

“I was trying to make a comment about violent protesters of any kind who I despise.

“I accept that my tweet was inappropriate and offensive and would like to apologise unconditionally.

“I am anti-racist, anti-hate and anti-violence.

“I believe in the right to protest, but change must come about through peaceful and legal means.”

Ant went on to tell the newspaper that anyone with “half a brain cell” could understand what he was trying to say in his initial tweet.

His first controversy came in March when he told his social media followers to carry on as normal despite the coronavirus pandemic.

Ant now says that he posted the video before lockdown had been brought in, but that his post went from “hero to zero” within a few days.

He said he was trying to say people needed to tackle the problem “head-on” and that he “didn’t know a pandemic was all of a sudden coming to play”.

Ant later corrected his post after government advice told people to stay indoors as much as they could.