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Who do you think is the BBC presenter who has been suspended?

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broomers · 08/07/2023 10:46

I don't have twitter and haven't seen any theories as to who it is, I'm presuming a man due to the figure outline being used in the press:

www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-66140356.amp

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LibertyLily · 09/07/2023 10:59

WhisperingAutistic · 09/07/2023 10:06

The person who is being suggested is extremely well known. A loved household name.

If it's who I think is being suggested, I've never understood the love for him and always found him creepy, tbh.

Soothingaftersun · 09/07/2023 11:03

I wouldn't say that I loved this person but I had respect for him. He's someone that's always been there, and when important news happened he had me listening. Especially with the Queen. I feel a bit let down tbh but obviously that's nothing in comparison to what the young person has been through. What a mess.

Rhondaa · 09/07/2023 11:09

Soothingaftersun · 09/07/2023 11:03

I wouldn't say that I loved this person but I had respect for him. He's someone that's always been there, and when important news happened he had me listening. Especially with the Queen. I feel a bit let down tbh but obviously that's nothing in comparison to what the young person has been through. What a mess.

But we don't know do we. Yesterday everyone was convinced it was Vine.

FatherJackHackettsUnderpantsHamper · 09/07/2023 11:11

if rumours are true the man in question is Welsh.

I saw somebody on Twitter frothing that everybody naming the person who is being widely named have done so because of anti-Welsh hatred.

No, nobody cares one way or the other what nationality he is; it's kind of based on what he may or may not have done to exploit an underage vulnerable young person.

Inkanta · 09/07/2023 11:12

Especially with the Queen

Find that hard to believe.

FatherJackHackettsUnderpantsHamper · 09/07/2023 11:22

But we don't know do we. Yesterday everyone was convinced it was Vine.

I reckon that may have been sparked by an eager person who saw a press release oddly saying that he was being REPLACED by somebody else on his TV show, when she was only standing in for him for a week whilst he was on holiday - and it was from two or three weeks ago and he's since been back.

I think there are an awful lot of inexplicable 'coincidences' stacking up against the current man if it isn't him.

This is just my personal feeling, but I find it very surprising for a man of his age and demographic to put his (very obvious) pronouns in his SM bio - at the very beginning before everything else, as well. Apart from anything else, he's on the BBC and always referred to as 'he' by his colleagues - I think all of us would know very well by now if he wanted to use non-sex-based ones.

Willmafrockfit · 09/07/2023 11:39

yes i did wonder about the replacement last week on the tv

Willmafrockfit · 09/07/2023 11:40

i wondered that i actually goggled the replacement, who is normally on the radio in my experience

BonnieBobbin · 09/07/2023 11:55

The BBC advertised one of his shows yesterday. That would be odd and inappropriate. So I doubt it is him.

I don't blame the parents for going to The Sun - they felt the BBC was ignoring them. The Sun has a large readership including all politicians, etc. It's a good way to put pressure on the BBC, and raise awareness in case there are other victims.

MaudGone · 09/07/2023 12:03

The newsreader who is commonly blamed doesn't have pronouns in his bio - now I'm confused as to who's being accused...

Jacopo · 09/07/2023 12:05

I don’t think it is the one with Welsh connections. I think it is another, very high profile and well-liked individual.

MaudGone · 09/07/2023 12:07

Oh, the newsreader has pronouns on his Insta, but not his twitter. No idea who the high-profile, well-liked person is.

Goldfoot · 09/07/2023 12:07

LibertyLily · 09/07/2023 10:59

If it's who I think is being suggested, I've never understood the love for him and always found him creepy, tbh.

Me neither, he's always had an unpleasant smarminess IMO, guilty or not

MaudGone · 09/07/2023 12:11

Is the well-liked person a chat-show host? Not from the UK?

FatherJackHackettsUnderpantsHamper · 09/07/2023 12:12

The BBC advertised one of his shows yesterday. That would be odd and inappropriate. So I doubt it is him.

I wonder if there's a difference between live shows and long-planned pre-recorded ones?

FatherJackHackettsUnderpantsHamper · 09/07/2023 12:15

Oh, the newsreader has pronouns on his Insta, but not his twitter.

Hmmm. Maybe he has other people run one/both accounts for him?

Goldfoot · 09/07/2023 12:16

MaudGone · 09/07/2023 12:11

Is the well-liked person a chat-show host? Not from the UK?

That one would be more surprising

EnthENd · 09/07/2023 12:32

A name came to my mind but I'm not sure if they're still a BBC presenter.

What I find really strange is the sex of the youth reported nowhere. Maybe it's being kept quiet so speculators don't target presenters based on their sexuality. Or maybe the youth identifies as nb or something.

Twonewcats · 09/07/2023 12:33

Jacopo · 09/07/2023 12:05

I don’t think it is the one with Welsh connections. I think it is another, very high profile and well-liked individual.

Who?

Twonewcats · 09/07/2023 12:34

Clive Myrie is currently on BBC News - not him 😍

ThisTimeIts · 09/07/2023 13:06

LizzieSiddal · 09/07/2023 09:29

AutumnCrow · Today 08:50
I think the BBC ‘complaints system’ sounds about as awesome as the Liberal Democrats’.

It starts and ends with ‘nothing to see here’ via no-one actually looking for evidence of anything, running parallel with nauseating deference towards the Awfully Important Men accused.

Very much agree, I’ve complained many times about the terrible way the BBC have been captured by the likes of Mermaid’s and Stonewall and child safeguarding issues around these two organisations. You get a complete brush off unless you keep on complaining.
I know many others complained about these organisations and the BBC did eventually take down programmes aimed at children, so they listened eventually but it shouldn’t be that hard.

They are still protecting abusers, they all deserve all that they get.

Addymontgomeryfan · 09/07/2023 13:19

EnthENd · 09/07/2023 12:32

A name came to my mind but I'm not sure if they're still a BBC presenter.

What I find really strange is the sex of the youth reported nowhere. Maybe it's being kept quiet so speculators don't target presenters based on their sexuality. Or maybe the youth identifies as nb or something.

It hasn't been reported, but a few different news readers have said he when reporting the story.

DaisyUpsy · 09/07/2023 13:28

Someone off countryfile is my totally random guess. There's a couple on there that give me creeps.

Twonewcats · 09/07/2023 14:08

DaisyUpsy · 09/07/2023 13:28

Someone off countryfile is my totally random guess. There's a couple on there that give me creeps.

It's a newsreader

WhisperingAutistic · 09/07/2023 15:08

MaudGone · 09/07/2023 12:07

Oh, the newsreader has pronouns on his Insta, but not his twitter. No idea who the high-profile, well-liked person is.

Instagram asks you your pronouns when you set it up but twitter doesn't. I wouldn't read too much into that.

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