Danny Baker has been sacked by the BBC after tweeting a joke about the duke and duchess of Sussex’s son using a picture of a monkey.
The radio DJ posted a black and white photo showing a well-dressed man and woman holding hands with a suited chimpanzee.
Baker captioned it: “Royal baby leaves hospital”.
He later apologised, writing: “Sorry my gag pic of the little fella in the posh outfit has whipped some up. Never occurred to me because, well, mind not diseased,” he wrote.
Danny Baker
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Just got fired from @bbc5live.
For the record – it was red sauce. Always.
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“Soon as those good enough to point out its possible connotations got in touch, down it came. And that’s it.”
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It was Baker himself who announced via his Twitter account the decision by the BBC.
“Just got fired from @bbc5live. For the record – it was red sauce. Always,” he said referring to a segment on his show.
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When asked by Sky News if he felt let down by the BBC’s decision, he replied: “No, I just feel let down that people think I meant it.”