Vernon Kay admits 'I've had a few complaints' from BBC Radio 2 colleagues

Vernon Kay has been presenting astatine BBC Radio 2's mid-morning slot since May 2023 and the prima has revealed helium has received 'a fewer complaints' from immoderate of his colleagues

Vernon Kay has cheekily addressed immoderate light-hearted "complaints" from his BBC Radio 2 team. Since taking implicit the much-loved mid-morning slot successful May 2023, primitively helmed by vigor fable Ken Bruce, Vernon has made the workplace precise overmuch his own.

On Thursday's show, helium shared with listeners his penchant for a brighter enactment environment. Vernon joked connected air: "Everyone's successful a giddy temper this greeting successful the studio. Feeling fine. I've had a fewer complaints from the squad for putting up the workplace lights."

He continued, revealing his fondness for keeping things well-lit during the day: "There are immoderate Radio 2 DJs who similar it truly dark. I similar it truly agleam due to the fact that I similar to get a consciousness of the information that it is daytime.

"I don't privation to usage a torch to look astatine what is coming up connected the show. I similar it bully and agleam and fresh."

Not missing a bushed for a spot of humour, helium quipped: "It would beryllium bully if 1 of these was a small spot UV truthful I could get a tan astatine the aforesaid time, tanning indoors," reports the Manchester Evening News.

Vernon's workplace preferences person been a constituent of banter before. Back successful November, helium ribbed Radio One presenter Greg James on-air aft discovering idiosyncratic had been tampering with his setup, leaving down Radio One microphone covers.

The doting dad-of-two didn't hesitate past to pin the blasted connected Greg, telling his assemblage with a laughter that he'd "just blasted Greg James".

The incidental sparked accusations that Vernon was "insulting" his colleague. However, Vernon stood his crushed and confronted Greg connected unrecorded radio, saying: "Can you person a connection with your team? It's a disgrace."

Greg denied the allegations, stating: "It's not maine Vern, I've checked and it's not them either. I've checked everyone."

Vernon responded by describing the authorities of the workplace arsenic "like a children's playroom", but insisted helium "wasn't having a pop". This led Greg to remark that Vernon had "changed" but inactive had a "Radio One heart".

Vernon hosted shows connected Radio One from 2004 to 2012, earlier being replaced by Matt Edmondson. After a stint connected Radio X, helium returned to the BBC successful 2021, initially covering Rylan Clark's Saturday slot.

In summation to his vigor work, Vernon has enjoyed a palmy TV career, hosting programmes similar All Star Family Fortunes, T4, and Formula E. He is joined to Strictly Come Dancing's Tess Daly and finished 3rd connected I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! successful 2020, down victor Giovanna Fletcher and runner-up Jordan North.