The BBC fired longtime presenter and DJ Danny Baker on Thursday over a racially-suggestive tweet about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s newborn baby. The now-deleted tweet showed a photo of a couple holding hands with a chimpanzee dressed in clothes with the caption: “Royal Baby leaves hospital.” “This was a serious error of judgement,” a BBC statement said in response, adding that it “goes against the values we as a station aim to embody. Danny’s a brilliant broadcaster but will n...
The BBC fired longtime presenter and DJ Danny Baker on Thursday over a racially-suggestive tweet about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s newborn baby. The now-deleted tweet showed a photo of a couple holding hands with a chimpanzee dressed in clothes with the caption: “Royal Baby leaves hospital.” “This was a serious error of judgement,” a BBC statement said in response, adding that it “goes against the values we as a station aim to embody. Danny’s a brilliant broadcaster but will n...
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