A BBC presenter has spoken out on what the disgraced broadcaster was actually like behind the scenes.
Huw Edwards allegedly ‘bullied BBC bosses’ (Picture: BBC)
Former BBC presenter Jeremy Vine has alleged that disgraced broadcaster Huw Edwards “bullied” bosses on the company and was not well-liked – not like fellow sacked star Scott Mills. In an interview with The Telegraph, Vine – who now has his personal Channel 5 present – shared what it was actually like working with Edwards earlier than he was convicted of creating indecent photos of youngsters in 2024.
Talking of the Scott Mills scenario, Vine mentioned: “I am not drawing comparisons with Huw Edwards, however Huw was not a well-liked particular person. Scott was very well-liked. With Huw, his nice talent was to bully upwards. He is the one particular person I’ve ever seen who did not bully underlings, he bullied his bosses.”
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Vine additionally watched the current Channel 5 drama which depicted Edwards’ alleged grooming of a younger sufferer. He mentioned: “I believed Clunes caught Huw completely and utterly with that undertow of malevolence.
“He was a really personal and unknowable amount and I believe he was coping with a whole lot of melancholy and anger, and the anger got here out via malign gossip. He didn’t actually have a superb phrase to say about anybody.”
Jeremy Vine labored on the BBC with Edwards (Picture: Getty)
In 2024 when the information about Edwards first got here out, Vine mused on his Channel 5 programme: “I don’t know whether or not the BBC requested him, ‘Are you responsible?’, as a result of you possibly can’t justify paying him past November if he’s responsible.
“What a multitude, and the poor BBC on the centre. It has horrible moments, however there are valuable explanation why we don’t need it to go down the swanny.
“This isn’t the day to defend it, as a result of it is a dangerous, dangerous week. I couldn’t imagine yesterday after I heard that the BBC had been instructed about it in November.”
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