Ex-model and businesswoman Jennifer Arcuri flatly refused to answer if she had an intimate relationship with Boris Johnson in an exclusive interview with Good Morning Britain.
But she also described the ‘electrifying’ moment she first met Boris Johnson in an exclusive interview with Good Morning Britain.
Ms Acuri, 34, appeared on the show to break the silence over her alleged sexual relationship with the Prime Minister while he was married.
Presenter Piers Morgan said: "Have you had any intimate relationship with Boris Johnson - yes or no?"
Ms Arcuri replied: "Because the press have made me this objectified ex model pole dancer I really am not going to answer that question.
"I’m not going to put myself in a position for you to weaponise my answer. I'm being used as a pawn."
Ms Arcuri also recalled seeing Boris at the British Venture Capital summit in October 2011, saying: “He walked in the room with his hair all disheveled and his shirt untucked, papers that looked like something I pulled out of my preschool backpack.
“He comes across the room and he proceeds to speak, and suddenly he turns the entire room of grovelling, curmudgeonly, angry men into howling schoolgirls.
“I mean it was just electrifying to see that kind of personality change the complete energy of the room.”
Arcuri has been accused of receiving thousands of pounds of public money while Jonhson was the London Mayor.
Who is Jennifer Arcuri and what is her relationship with Boris Johnson?
34-year-old Jennifer Acuri is at the centre of a storm over her relationship with Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
The technology entrepreneur and former model was reportedly given £126,000 in public money and privileged access to three foreign trade missions led by Mr Johnson while he was in City Hall - despite her tech firm allegedly not meeting the eligibility criteria.
She has denied any wrongdoing, saying she is a legitimate businesswoman.
It's alleged that Johnson regularly visited Ms Arcuri at her flat in Shoreditch, east London, when he was Mayor of London between 2008 and 2016.
It has been reported that her flat featured a dancing pole in the living room. She has said that Johnson visited her flat for 'technology lessons'.
Last month, the Prime Minister was referred to the police complaints body to assess whether he should face a criminal investigation over his association with her.
When quizzed over his relationship with Ms Arcuri, Boris Johnson has said: "Everything was done with complete propriety."
