{"id":509717,"date":"2026-02-28T12:57:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T12:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/509717\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T12:57:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T12:57:08","slug":"kaye-adams-axed-from-bbc-radio-show-after-misconduct-claims-upheld","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/509717\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaye Adams axed from BBC radio show after ‘misconduct claims upheld’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n The 63-year-old was suspended from her morning programme on BBC Scotland<\/a> in October after she was accused of shouting and swearing at colleagues.\n<\/p>\n

\n Adams had denied any wrongdoing and suggested her \u201cassertiveness\u201d in the workplace had been mistaken for bullying.\n<\/p>\n

\n However, some complaints lodged against Adams have been upheld by those conducting the internal BBC investigation and Adams will not return to host her radio show, according to The Times<\/a>.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

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\n The newspaper reported that some other allegations were found not be substantiated.\n<\/p>\n

\n The complaints saw the long-standing broadcaster accused of using an \u201cabhorrent swear word\u201d at a colleague, while in another incident, Adams is alleged to have thrown a pen at a producer in frustration over an upcoming show.\n<\/p>\n

\n It was also claimed that Adams berated an intern over their ability to do their job.\n<\/p>\n

\n It was reported that Radio Scotland\u2019s head of audio and events, Victoria Easton Riley, had become concerned by Adams\u2019s conduct during a routine meeting attended by BBC Scotland<\/a>\u2019s staff at the broadcaster\u2019s Pacific Quay headquarters in Glasgow, last year.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cAfter witnessing Kaye\u2019s behaviour first hand, Victoria started talking to other members of staff who worked on her programme,\u201d one insider told The Times.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cThe floodgates then broke and she was suspended. This was never about one single incident. The investigation looked at her behaviour over many years.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

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\n The complaints were reportedly raised under the BBC\u2019s \u201cCall it Out\u201d scheme, which was established after MasterChef hosts Gregg Wallace and John Torode were embroiled in controversy.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cThere is no way back for Kaye now,\u201d a source told The Times. \u201cHer time at BBC Scotland is at an end.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\n When asked about the investigation, a BBC Scotland spokesperson said: \u201cWe do not comment on individuals.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\n However, they added: \u201cWith regard to the presentation line-up on Mornings With, Kaye Adams will not be returning to this role.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cIn the immediate future, Connie McLaughlin will continue to present Mornings With on Mondays to Wednesdays, with Stephen Jardine presenting on Thursdays and Fridays.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

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\n Adams, who also presents Loose Women on ITV, hosted Mornings with Kaye Adams up until last year.\n<\/p>\n

\n She previously hosted the daily phone-in programme Call Kaye between 2010 and 2015, before fronting The Kaye Adams Show.\n<\/p>\n

\n Adams has previously denied the claims against her, saying she had been \u201cblindsided\u201d by the allegations.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cI am not the person that I was painted as,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 63-year-old was suspended from her morning programme on BBC Scotland in October after she was accused of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":509718,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[64,63,134,136],"class_list":["post-509717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=509717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509717\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/509718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=509717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=509717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=509717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}