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Daily Mirror
27-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Fun House's Pat Sharp's life now after getting the sack from one joke
Pat Sharp, best known as being the host of the 90s children's show Fun House was dramatically axed from his radio show after making a crude joke to a woman live on stage Radio DJ and Fun House host Pat Sharp was axed from his radio show after making a 'humiliating' joke that saw him lose his job. The TV legend, best known for being the face of the 90's childrens show fun house, presented his segment on Greatest Hits Radio from 2019. However the 63-year-old had made a joke to a woman live on stage at an awards show where he reportedly jibed about 'getting on your t**ts' and handed her a T-shirt with his face on it, according to Daily Mail. The T-shirt had an old photo of Pat with his classic mullet hairdo and the caption: 'Pat Sharp - AS SEEN ON FUN HOUSE - LOOKING SHARP SINCE 1982'. But the joke backfired after she took to social media afterwards in 2023, and said she fel "violated" in front of around 400 colleagues and friends. She noted: 'I was in complete shock and hadn't really processed what happened. Today I am struggling with it - I feel sad, dirty and, frankly, violated." This led to the radio DJ being dramatically taken off air as Greatest Hits Radio announced that his contract was due to expire at the end of the month and they had made the decision not to renew. They added that he would not return to the show with 'immediate effect'. A spokesperson for Bauer, which owns Greatest Hits Radio, said: "Due to the introduction of new weekend programming, a decision had already been made not to renew Pat's contract which comes to an end later this month. However with this issue now having been brought to our attention, we have agreed with Pat that he will not return to the station with immediate effect." In a statement issued to The Sun, Pat said: "I made a joke on stage which was not well received. I upset one individual in particular and for that I am truly sorry. I apologised at the event to anyone who was offended and I have apologised to the individual personally too." Other than Greatest Hits, Pat has previously hosted programmes on Radio 1, Capital FM, Smooth Radio and Heart, as well as presented some episodes of music TV show Top Of The Pops in the 1980s. Since the incident, Pat has stayed under the radar but has been keeping fans updated with his life on Instagram. He posts snapshots of him with his grandchildren and some throwback pictures of him in his heyday. In one Instagram video, the grandad shared dozens of images of his grandchildren having fun in the pool, playing games and roaming the park in a post captioned 'Grandkids galore'. When he wasn't spending time with the grandkids, Pat appeared to be taking some time away at Windermere in the Lake District in July and enjoying trips to the beach in Watergate Bay in Cornwall with his wife Monica. Earlier this month Pat was advertising an 80s tribute gig Ultimate 80's Reloaded in Torquay with himself alongside another DJ Max Corderoy. Sharing tickets to book on his Facebook page, the event described itself as "non-stop nostalgia" with "a pulsating mix of 80's hits". Earlier this year, Pat took part in a handful of other gigs - including Music in the Park in Leyland, Lancashire, in May, and at Butlin's Big Weekenders and Lets Rock Leeds retro festival, both in May. An earlier version of this story was published in September 2023.
Telegraph
06-07-2025
- Business
- Telegraph
We bought former bank as dream home but council won't let us move in
An elderly couple embroiled in a seven-year battle to move into a £550,000 dream home have said they are being 'stonewalled' by a Scottish council. Nigel and Pat Sharp bought an empty Royal Bank of Scotland building in Westgate, North Berwick, in 2018. Their plans to renovate the coastal Victorian property to make it suitable for Mr Sharp, 78, who has Parkinson's disease, have been thwarted by East Lothian council, which insists it is a commercial building, of which there is short supply. The couple have accused the council of wanting to build 'more carbuncles' and blocking their efforts to preserve the 'architectural Victorian heritage of North Berwick'. During the planning struggle, Mr Sharp's condition deteriorated and he was forced to move into a residential care home. The couple's hopes of creating their dream home rest on a final appeal set to be heard by the Labour-run council's planning department in August. 'I could turn the bank into a future proof home with a lift and easy wheelchair access,' said Mrs Sharp. 'If we at last get our planning permission I regard it as a win for beautiful North Berwick. 'We're just passing through. Let our legacy be one of carefully conserving what we've inherited, not building more carbuncles.' The former bank was originally on sale without planning permission to turn it into a residential property. Mr and Mrs Sharp paid more than double the £250,000 asking price to outbid other parties. When the council rejected their plans to renovate the property, architect Andrew Megginson unearthed an old photo from before the RBS took over. It showed that the Victorian property, once known as Park House, boasted a garden and large conservatory and there had been a carriage house and garages accessed through the double gates. 'This makes it clear that what we now own was historically more than half residential,' said Mrs Sharp. 'RBS retained the drawing room, and sold the remaining house to the bank manager, where his daughter and family lived.' She said designs for a modern house were submitted after three councillors indicated support for their plans. 'Again, to our astonishment, they knocked it back,' said Mrs Sharp. 'Then they changed their view to 'North Berwick needs offices'… and now this has continued for years.' The council later granted planning permission for a café and two offices but the couple claims this attracted little interest. 'After more than 83 viewings, we have demonstrated completely there is no appetite whatsoever for any commercial enterprise there – even less so with the new parking laws about to be inflicted on North Berwick,' said Mrs Sharp. 'We have repeatedly asked the council for a meeting to find a way to progress, which is our right. 'We have always been respectful and polite in all our dealings with planners and councillors, despite long periods of being stonewalled by everyone.' A spokesman for East Lothian council said the couple's appeal will be considered in August. 'The applicant's agent, interested parties and consultees have all been contacted,' they said.
