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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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FatherJackHackettsUnderpantsHamper · 08/07/2023 13:29

It's a bit confusing as somebody has only just tweeted the press piece about Myleene replacing him on C5 (slightly dramatic language, rather than 'standing in for') - but that was the other week and he's been back on since.

FatherJackHackettsUnderpantsHamper · 08/07/2023 13:29

So was the victim female after all, then?

SlightlyJaded · 08/07/2023 13:29

No idea if it's JV or someone else. But I will note that his usually very active Twitter - multiple posts per day - has been notably quiet for the past two days.

Denise82 · 08/07/2023 13:30

Goldfoot · 08/07/2023 13:21

I player still says JV is presenting his radio show on Monday

They might not say until Monday morning 🤷‍♀️ if they suddenly announced it now it would make him look like the guilty person even if he isn't. He's usually very active on Twitter so I would expect him to do what Rylan has done and post that it's not him to be honest.

Southeastdweller · 08/07/2023 13:30

Curiouscarla · 08/07/2023 13:24

It's all v odd. But has morally bankrupt as Katie Hopkins is she is a shrewd business woman. No way would she blatantly name him if in doubt. He would rip her to pieces.

Maybe she thinks she’s got nothing to lose now as she’s not had any currency for years. I don’t think she even has a job these days so maybe not that shrewd.

Irequireausername · 08/07/2023 13:31

There are a lot of nonces in the media 🤮

frustratednomad · 08/07/2023 13:31

JV said recently he was thinking of coming off Twitter.

MrsSlocombesCat · 08/07/2023 13:32

daisychain01 · 08/07/2023 12:09

the questions we should be asking is what we think the BBC is going to do?

I hope to God they've learned their lesson from the Cliff Richard debacle. It was guilty until proven innocent, really pleased Cliff dragged them through the courts and exposed the vile way he was treated.

Absence of evidence isn’t evidence of absence.

oaktreeme · 08/07/2023 13:33

JV

Amispringy · 08/07/2023 13:34

Pieceofpurplesky · 08/07/2023 11:04

Have a look at Katie Hopkins' TikTok

Not even if I was desperate Confused

FabFitFifties · 08/07/2023 13:35

DZbornak · 08/07/2023 13:25

Hope the BBC tell whoever it is to get on his bike.

No! That seems ridiculous. I'd be gutted.

Curiouscarla · 08/07/2023 13:35

@Southeastdweller she would be sued for millions though. I'm actually hoping it's not him. I can't stand his lecturing but he presents himself as such wholesome family man. But then so did Phillip Schofield.
Christ alive how many more presenters have been hood winking us. So depressing really.

strawberrywhisk · 08/07/2023 13:38

That pic has to be generic, otherwise it reminds me of a catalogue my mum had years ago

Doggymummar · 08/07/2023 13:40

I hope it's noone that spoke out badly against Mr Schofield, hypocrites

SmoothSeasDoNotMakeGoodSailors · 08/07/2023 13:40

It’s not JV.

Quveas · 08/07/2023 13:40

AndEverWhoKnew · 08/07/2023 12:59

The parents went to the BBC first. Then told The Sun for no payment. Presumably because they thought the BBC weren't doing enough. The BBC then tried to blame their inactivity on others not getting back to them.
Yy the parents should have gone to the police but they gave the story to The Sun for free to put pressure on the BBC.

Of course they did. In their version of reality. Because the Sun gutter press would be the first place anyone would think of going. If not the first, the second. Or the third. You wouldn't go to the police, would you? Or to, I don't know, a vaguely "not the gutter press" type of paper. Money isn't the only form of payment, and nor does one story preclude the later "exclusives".

BernadetteRostankowskiWolowitz · 08/07/2023 13:41

Justputitdown · 08/07/2023 13:10

So did I!!!

This is exactly who the outline looks like. So much so that if I were him, and it's not actually me who did this, I'd be suing the DM.

LadyTemperance · 08/07/2023 13:41

Curiouscarla · 08/07/2023 13:35

@Southeastdweller she would be sued for millions though. I'm actually hoping it's not him. I can't stand his lecturing but he presents himself as such wholesome family man. But then so did Phillip Schofield.
Christ alive how many more presenters have been hood winking us. So depressing really.

If you watch the video though she is very careful with her wording. She says things like it would be ridiculous to talk about JV in the same breathe as Scofield.

Southeastdweller · 08/07/2023 13:44

JV is still using Twitter, btw. This morning, he replied to a few tweets.

WhisperingAutistic · 08/07/2023 13:46

Southeastdweller · 08/07/2023 13:44

JV is still using Twitter, btw. This morning, he replied to a few tweets.

I'd be doing a Rylan if I was him and I wasn't the presenter in question.
He must have seen his name all over twitter.

Pieceofpurplesky · 08/07/2023 13:47

🤣 I saw the Katy Hopkins thing on Twitter, not TikTok - but it was a TikTok link!

the80sweregreat · 08/07/2023 13:47

I've never recovered over Harris as I liked the tv show Animal Hospital that he presented on the bbc in the 90s and he seemed genuine. How wrong we all were.
It's deeply depressing that some people are like this. It's just horrible. I feel for the victims who are usually young and easy to groom and they can weald their money and power to do it as well. Awful.

Yajebbend · 08/07/2023 13:49

why can’t people learn and not name names or initials

BelleHathor · 08/07/2023 13:49

MrsSlocombesCat · 08/07/2023 13:32

Absence of evidence isn’t evidence of absence.

Precisely Kitty.

WigsNGowns · 08/07/2023 13:52

why can’t people learn and not name names or initials

Exactly. No one knows and the amount of times that a Twitter firestorm has been wrong is legendary.

If you are identifying people, you are making a defamatory statement about that person which is legally actionable if it is not true.

Speculation about identity is very very unwise.

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