Tim Westwood

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Being accused of abusing his power over a number of years against black women.

He was an old man compared the the ages of some the accusers.

Apparently rumours have circulated for some time but this has come out due to a documentary.

No doubt there will be others that also allege this wrongdoing.

Disappointed to see yet another story of a man with a bit of power using it for his own gain.

Well done to women girls coming forward it takes a huge amount of courage to speak up.
Bullshit was this ever OK. I worked in media TV in the 80s not the BBC and no way was it acceptable then or now.
It's all about power and taking what ever you want from someone vulnerable.

More women must speak out misogyny is still rife and its an absolute disgrace.

This.

@DragonOverTheMoon, it wasn't a racist attack. It was a moment of drunken madness when she was twenty years old, nearly 20 years ago.

When I got the little pop-up notification from the BBC about this headline on my phone... I was just like "yeah sounds about right". Not even a moment of shock/surprise!

Completely unsurprised he is a mega creep - everything about him was always creepy, contrived and downright weird.

Lots of DJs have promoted music of black origin without affecting a West Indian accent!

I don't know how he got away with it - I was flabbergasted when I saw that he was white and middle class. I know someone who was involved in gig promotion many decades ago, she said his gigs were wall to wall young black men, so he was very popular and accepted. Although he was shot in his car!

I’m sure there were rumours about him not too long ago. I want surprise me at all, well done to these women for speaking up.

Funny how when I'm drunk I don't bottle people and call them racist names and use racist language 🤔. Even when I was 20 and got up to all sorts I didn't manage that.. She really is not a good example to hold up to ask why she got vilified for making an R&B podcast. R&B originates from black music, and she's a convicted racist.

Complete fecking weirdo. False all the way and another ex BBC face accused of abusing power.

Why keeps mentioning Cheryl Cole?

Yes it was racist and a moment of madness doesn't mean bottling someone unless you're a piece of shit person! 😒

I didn't realise he was so popular. I had always assumed he was a bit of a ridiculous figure.

I believe the women.

I wouldn't even say this was a well known secret. It's common knowledge. Finally he's (hopefully) being held to account.

I thought this was in the news a few years ago

not surprised there have been rumours for years

Lots of DJs have promoted music of black origin without affecting a West Indian accent

Bear with me a moment. I used to work with a really obnoxious newly qualified teacher (I have written about him before, he was astoundingly obnoxiou). He was Welsh, proudly so. Was very prickly if he hears anyone dissing the country, the language etc. Even when they weren't. We were moderated by a group of Welsh speaking teachers. One of our students was telling the others that she had asked one of them if Welsh was their first language. The response she got made her smile "Yes, it makes moderating here in England really easy as we don't have to go elsewhere to discuss things" all said with a smile. Well, he went off on one, it's their language what wouldn't they speak it; they weren't doing it for effect; she was rude or have asked in the first place. He just wanted on and on.

But he had this little routine whenever he walked into a room. He'd lean back from the waist, fold his arms and pronounce "wagwan".

When I got fed up and told him that he was being a hypocrite, defending his culture whilst appropriating another he got very, very angry. Reported me. Hot handed his arse.

Tldr? Some people just don't see passed their own magnificence.

The BBC has employed thousands of people over the decades. Some were rotten, but most weren't. Same for any large organisation that's been around for a long time.

He is a champion of hip hop / rap / Rnb music and has been for many years, and his work is intrinsically linked to that culture.

He is also a twat to women.

The two are mutually exclusive.

Do you know what ‘mutually exclusive’ means? I don’t think you do.

I used to love listening to the Radio 1 Rap show, because he was just so, so ridiculous. The constant explosive sound effects, horns etc.

My fave moment was when he inexplicably uttered:

’Bow down and kiss the ring - and I ain’t wearing any jewellery’.

Also I think he had ‘lil Jon on the program once - it was a ‘crunk’ special, and they were talking about how they liked to ‘glaze’. It was so crude, and so appalling. I absolutely creased up.

fantastically over the top entertainment.

However, all that humour has now taken a sombre and disturbing tone 😢

Oh yeah and for a few weeks he decided that describing something as a ‘problem’ was the hugest possible praise.

’That track is a *reeeaaalll problem’

’Jay’s a problem, no doubt’.

That show was just unmissably bizarre.

Oh and I just remembered that time he ‘caught a bullet’ in a drive by.

he sounded so proud 😂

I’m black, 23 years old and from SW London. EVERYONE has a story about Tim Westwood so this isn’t a surprise in any way. He’s a creep and always has been. He was in his 50s hanging around uni raves always talking to barely legal girls. I went to one of his clubs a couple years ago for NY and he just gives the creepiest vibes. Always trying to dance with you, kiss you on your cheek. Not sure what his addiction to young black girls is but none of my friends have been surprised hearing this. It’s good to know there’s a documentary and hopefully it’ll reach a wider range of people

So who gets to decide whether it's cultural appropriation or appreciation then? 🙄🤔

Generally, appreciation doesn’t involve pretending to be something you’re not, profiting off a culture that’s not your own, and presenting yourself as the figurehead for it.

He adopted a manner of speech entirely inconsistent with a middleaged white man from East Anglia who went to private and whose Dad was the Bishop of Peterborough.

The offensive thing is not remarking upon this, it's that he chose to alter his speech in a way that mimics his perception of how people who are not of the same ethnicity as he is and largely don't even live in the same country, speak. A longstanding impersonation of somebody he created in his own mind, effectively, complete with accent, mannerisms, vernacular and rhythm/tone - completely unrepresentative of anything but a posh white man's idea of what people sound like.

The only thing he missed from this poor taste pastiche is makeup and a wig.

What an odd conclusion to make

Tim Westwood, a pioneering DJ from the indisputable birthplace of hip hop: Norwich.