BBC radio show ‘in chaos’ after hosts ‘fall out over criticising email’

BBC Radio 5 Live has reportedly been near successful a authorities of ‘chaos’ aft an alleged fallout betwixt presenters Tony Livesey and Clare McDonnell – implicit an violative email intended for idiosyncratic else.

Reports of the pair’s feud comes aft Tony, 59, accidentally sent an email to his co-host, criticising her presenting abilities.

Tony and Clare, 47, person presented 5Live’s drivetime amusement unneurotic since February 2022 – but haven’t been seen successful the workplace unneurotic since May.

Clare is present said to beryllium refusing to enactment with Tony – and the brace person been alternating their shifts astatine the presumption truthful arsenic to debar each other.

According to a source, their feud has caused ‘chaos’ astatine the station, and the BBC are reportedly readying to permanently abstracted the presenters by relegating him backmost to the precocious nighttime slot wherever helium was erstwhile helium primitively joined.

The change, which is reportedly owed to statesman successful December is simply a ‘kick successful the teeth’ to the writer and proto-Traitors host, who primitively joined the BBC successful 2006.

‘She nary longer wants to enactment with him and that has caused full chaos astatine the station. People are being shifted each implicit the store and into antithetic slots, which isn’t going down well,’ a root told The Sun.

They continued: ‘Clare is good wrong her close to beryllium aggravated — but it’s made the ambiance astatine 5 Live truly frosty.’

‘It has go a nightmare there,’ the tabloid’s root continued.

Since the event, Tony and Clare person alternated hosting the drivetime slot separately. On Monday and Tuesday, Johnny I’Anso stepped successful to big with Clare.

Then, connected Wednesday and Thursday, Tony presented the amusement with writer and governmental analogous Leila Nathoo.

In December, Tony volition determination backmost to the precocious nighttime slot helium archetypal originated successful 2010 – and he’s reportedly not blessed astir it.

The newspaper’s root continued: ‘Tony has mislaid a truly bully gig due to the fact that of that connection to Clare. It’s a monolithic footwear successful the teeth for him.

‘Clare is blessed she was listened to by presumption bosses and thinks Tony has got precisely what helium deserves.’

Tony volition beryllium replaced by Chris Warburton from December. Chris, who has hosted Weekend Breakfast since 2014, volition articulation Clare arsenic the imperishable big of Live Drive.

Tensions betwixt the brace archetypal became evident past twelvemonth aft a snippy speech saw Tony and Clare speech jabs unrecorded connected air.

This came arsenic Tony praised the ‘professionalism’ of Wimbledon correspondents specified arsenic Gigi Salmon, Russell Fuller and David Law, helium said: ‘They are uber professional, it’s a privilege to beryllium alongside them.’

‘It’ll beryllium bully to enactment alongside professionals, for a change, I’m looking guardant to it,’ Clare joked.

‘Everyone’s having a spell present – what’s happening?’ Tony asked, laughing.

To which Clare replied: ‘Oh that was an unfastened goal.’

‘I’m going to accidental the clip dramatically and anticipation everyone’s forgotten what’s conscionable been said,’ Tony finished, looking considerably unamused.

Metro has approached the BBC for remark connected this story.

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