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Kaye Adams has said she wants to get her life “back on track” after being axed from her £155,000-per-year BBC radio job following a “brutal” five-month investigation into her behaviour.
The Loose Women star, 63, was dropped from BBC Scotland’s schedules after three claims of misconduct, including throwing a pen and berating an intern over their professional ability, were upheld. Adams was also alleged to have sworn at a colleague.
Adams, who was cleared of two further allegations, said she is trying to “process things”, stating on her podcast How to Be 60: “It’s difficult, isn’t it? You know what I mean. It’s been a brutal five months, there’s no doubt about it, and… you know it’s hard, isn’t it?”
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Kaye Adams ‘wants to get life back on track’ after being dropped (ITV)
She said she was “torn between not wanting to appear to ignore things”, but acknowledged that she doesn’t “see a lot of point in saying much at this time”.
“This is a time to process things, try and get life back on track, try and get my mental health back on track, try and get my eating back on track, my sleeping back on track, and just my life back on track.”
Adams said she wanted to take this approach for the sake of her husband, tennis coach Ian Campbell, and their two daughters, Charley and Bonnie.
She said she went to Edinburgh to spend time with her children the day after being dropped by the BBC.
“We just had a lovely day because I haven’t been as present for them as they’re used to, which has been a real sadness, and so you know it was just so lovely,” she said.
“We went for a walk with the dog and I just listened to them chattering away about all their stuff. That was really nice, just to be with them, and they’re such amazing girls, and they’re so supportive of me.”
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Adams pictured at the National Television Awards in 2022 (PA)
Growing emotional over her struggles during the investigation, Adams continued: “You’re the Mum, you’re the adult – it’s your job to look after them.”
Adams will be replaced in her BBC role by Grant Stott and Connie McLaughlin. The BBC said it does not comment on any internal processes involving individuals.
Adams joined BBC Scotland in 2010. In October, the broadcaster said that her name had been “dragged through the mud” after she was taken off her programme.
Adams’s career began as a graduate trainee at Central Television, where she scored an interview with Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s. She focused on political and news journalism in Scotland, following which she was hired as host of the discussion show Scottish Women from 1993 to 1999.
She left to present ITV show Loose Women, where she remained as the lead host until 2006. Over the last 20 years, Adams has also been a stand-in host on The Wright Show, This Morning and The One Show.