I know two BBC stars terrified they'll be investigated for bad behaviour – where will the Beeb's ‘penis problem' end?

The Sun

2 days ago

THE BBC has a penis problem.
When Gregg Wallace isn't whipping his out with a sock delicately placed around it, one of its top female presenters is glibly parading a photo of one.
7
7
Last year we had One Show star Jermaine Jenas sending a d**k pic to a young woman, and now we learn that the male dancers of Strictly Come Dancing love a little bit of bed-hopping and wife-swapping.
Giovanni Pernice, meanwhile, stood accused of outlining his erection to poor dance partner Amanda Abbington during rehearsals. (He has always denied the allegations.)
Then in December, Aunty, who one might presume is without penis, included a transgender Colombian scientist in its list of Top 100 Inspirational Women.
EastEnders actor Jamie Borthwick has been allowed back on set after using a vile disability term. Wynne Evans was axed for saying 'spit roast'.
Much more seriously, in the last few days Jay Blades was charged with rape.
Bullying allegations, inappropriate 'jokes', and lewd behaviour are rife.
Thankfully Gary Lineker, another big- name presenter the BBC is now shot of, always kept it in his trousers — only appearing once on air in his little white boxer shorts.
And over the weekend, Gregg — him again — was forced to take to Instagram to clarify that, and I quote: 'There is no finding in the investigation that I took my trousers down.'
Imagine having to take to Instagram to tell people that you didn't take your trousers down.
But this is where we have got to now.
Month by month, the BBC are cancelling presenters with appendages.
Who will be left by the end of the year?
Is the problem, then, all of mankind?
Or have we got to the stage where no male talent dare risk a gag lest they lose their livelihood?
Obviously, some of the allegations that I have outlined above are more serious than others.
And, to be clear, I am not making light of those who have bravely come forward to raise their concerns. They absolutely must be encouraged.
There should be no space on television, especially a publicly funded broadcaster, for the bad guys.
Any celebrity or presenter with some sort of God complex, someone who thinks they are the star and can treat everyone around them as minions, plankton-like nobodies, their day is done.
In 2025, though, anyone can be a screen star.
TikTok and Instagram, for all their faults, can make stars of anyone and everyone with a flattering halo light, a camera phone and a whiff of innate narcissism.
The BBC will surely be looking for new talent, ready to poach up-and-coming TikTok 'stars', and giving them their big, mainstream break.
At least two male household names I know are terrified that their past misdemeanours — an affair in the case of one of them, inappropriate language in the case of the other (which would be considered 'bants' in most offices up and down the country) — will come back to haunt them.
BBC talent is living in terror that it's just a matter of time before an investigation is launched into them, too.
This has been described as a 'culture of fear'.
The BBC has a problem — but it needs to draw the line somewhere, and with dignity.
Otherwise, where will it all end?
OWN UP ON FAT JABS
7
7
AMERICAN singer Lizzo made the cover of this month's Women's Health magazine.
Ya know, a publication promoting wellbeing and fitness, and the hard work that goes with it.
Not once was there a mention of Lizzo's true secret to her dramatic weight loss. A fat jab.
Lizzo, whom I adore as an artist, is absolutely entitled to use whatever she wants to help in her battle to get fit – and I'm sure she exercised too.
But I believe celebs also have a responsibility to their fans to be honest about how they got there.
ON the subject of cretins, a restaurant posted footage of 'dine and dash' customers scarpering without paying a £200 bill.
It was at the Saffron Indian restaurant in Northamptonshire (at a time small businesses are struggling, as it is, to survive under Sir Keir).
Owners posted a photo of the bill – which showed the diners ordered chips with their vindaloos. Proof, if needed, that these people really are barbarians.
Give a dog a Boeing
7
LOVED seeing the photo of the Great Dane sprawled across three laps on a plane.
The cheery black and white mutt had his own seat on the Viva Aerobus domestic flight from Mexico City to Puerto Vallarta – and he was, by all accounts, impeccably behaved.
As one passenger wryly remarked: 'He was better behaved than the kids on board.'
For those moaning dogs shouldn't be allowed on board, I once sat on a very small plane next to a 40st bloke.
Airline staff had to get him a giant extender seat belt, while I was forced to perch on half of my seat to accommodate his overspill.
You can but imagine my fury.
Halfway through the flight, as he started loudly snoring beside me, a kindly member of the cabin crew approached to see if I wanted to sit on the jump seat because the plane was full. I did.
PRAISE TRAIN HEROES
OVER the weekend, footage went viral of a threatening, swearing, deeply disturbed man dropping his trousers and standing naked from the waist-down on a busy Tube train.
The carriage had women and children in it. I can only imagine how afraid they were.
A brave passenger confronted the bloke and told him he must get off the train. The man, fully exposed, told him to 'f*** off'. At which point a few other hero blokes got involved, physically restraining the man, as a fight broke out. One appeared to kick him which, granted, was excessive.
The naked man has now been detained under the Mental Health Act and, sure enough, British Transport Police have suggested those vigilantes – trying to protect their fellow passengers – face arrest.
Of course I hope he is OK – but I just don't think there should be ANY excusing his actions.
This is two-tiered Broken Britain on full display. Mental health is no excuse for this cretin's behaviour. The men who tried to take action should be praised, not prosecuted. End of.
LAST week I moaned about the ongoing scandal of NHS car parks charging patients for the privilege of parking.
Several of you wrote in sharing your own experiences.
And lots pointed out the other major scam currently going unchecked: That of hospitals charging exorbitant prices – motorway services levels – for in-house restaurants.
As one reader pointed out: 'They know they have, quite literally, a captive audience.'