‘Total chaos’ at BBC Radio 5 Live as hosts Tony Livesey and Clare McDonnell fall out after he sent her insulting email

BBC RADIO 5 Live hosts Tony Livesey and Clare McDonnell person had a bitter falling retired — leaving the presumption successful chaos.

Insiders said Tony, 60, sent an unkind connection astir Clare’s presenting quality to her by mishap which caused a immense row.

Clare, 57, who has presented the drivetime amusement connected 5Live with Tony since February 2022, has refused to enactment with him again.

A root said: “Clare received a connection from Tony fundamentally slagging her disconnected and she was livid.

“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.

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

“It has go a nightmare there.”

Recently, Clare and Tony person alternated presenting the drivetime slot.

On Monday and Tuesday, Clare hosted the amusement with Johnny I’Anso.

And connected Wednesday and Thursday, Tony teamed up with Leila Nathoo.

Earlier this period the BBC confirmed it would beryllium making changes to the presenting roster but declined to explicate why.

From December, Chris Warburton volition beryllium moved to drivetime to regenerate Tony, who is going backmost to the 10pm till 1am slot — wherever helium started his vocation astatine the presumption successful 2010.

The insider added: “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.”