Godfrey Bloom will sit as an independent MEP until next year's European election but has not quit Ukip. Mr Bloom was stripped of the party whip after offensive remarks he made about women at a party event and an altercation with a TV journalist.
The controversial UK Independence Party MEP Godfrey Bloom repeatedly refused to answer questions on his future when he was confronted by ITV News.
Mr Bloom, who had the party whip removed from him yesterday for referring to women as "sluts" was asked how his constituents in North Yorkshire would feel about his actions yesterday.
At one point Mr Bloom pushed the camera away. He then laughed when he was asked whether his wife cleaned behind the fridge, and appeared to question the "recruitment procedure" of the channel. Mr Bloom was then pulled away from the camera.
The UK Independence Party has removed the whip from MEP Godfrey Bloom after he called women "sluts" a fringe event.
The Ukip MEP Godfrey Bloom has a history of gaffes and controversies. Here are eight of them.