On Thursday, the BBC finally acknowledged that journalist Martin Bashir used what it called “deceitful” methods to help land the bombshell 1995 interview in which Princess Diana confessed her own affair, her husband’s affair and her bulimia. It’s only taken two and a half decades.On Thursday, the BBC finally acknowledged that journalist Martin Bashir used what it called “deceitful” methods to help land the bombshell 1995 interview in which Princess Diana confessed her own affair, her husband’s affair and her bulimia. It’s only taken two and a half decades.