BBC Fires Radio Presenter After Chimpanzee Tweet About Britain's New Royal Baby

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2019-05-09 | 06:43
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BBC Fires Radio Presenter After Chimpanzee Tweet About Britain's New Royal Baby

The BBC has fired a British radio presenter who tweeted an image of a chimpanzee dressed in clothes below the caption "Royal Baby leaves hospital".

 

Meghan, wife of Prince Harry, gave birth in the early hours of Monday morning to a baby boy, Archie, the first mixed race child to be born into a senior position in British royalty in recent history.

 

"Just got fired," Danny Baker, a broadcaster with BBC Radio 5 Live, said on Twitter.

 
 

Danny Baker, a 61-year-old presenter on BBC Radio show 5Live, announced on Twitter on Thursday morning that he had been fired from the program.

 
He went on to say that the call in which he was fired was "a masterclass of pompous faux-gravity."
 
The news comes after Baker tweeted a black and white image, which has since been deleted, showing a couple holding hands with a clothed chimpanzee along with the caption: "Royal Baby leaves hospital."
 
He then posted a series of tweets:
 
 
 

 

The BBC said the tweet was a serious error of judgment that went "against the values we as a station aim to embody".

 

"Danny’s a brilliant broadcaster but will no longer be presenting a weekly show with us," the BBC said.

 

Meghan, whose mother is African-American and father is white, has been the target of racist commentary on social media in the past.

 
 
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