Steve Allen’s LBC co-workers want him fired for fat-shaming Strictly star Tilly Ramsay
RADIO DJ Steve Allen’s own LBC colleagues want him to be sacked for fat-shaming Strictly Come Dancing’s Tilly Ramsay. The shock-jock, who has worked at the station for 42 years, described Tilly, the 19-year-old daughter of celebrity chef Gordon, as a “chubby little thing”. His colleagues were hoping Steve, 67, would be axed for good, […]
RADIO DJ Steve Allen’s own LBC colleagues want him to be sacked for fat-shaming Strictly Come Dancing’s Tilly Ramsay.
The shock-jock, who has worked at the station for 42 years, described Tilly, the 19-year-old daughter of celebrity chef Gordon, as a “chubby little thing”.
His colleagues were hoping Steve, 67, would be axed for good, a staffer working at the station told The Sun.
The source said: “Steve’s outdated and archaic comments have been allowed to continue for far too long and plenty of people want him out.
“There’s free speech and then there is calling a teenage girl fat live on the radio. Plenty of people think it’s time he was given his marching orders because this isn’t the first time he’s made unacceptable comments on air and hasn’t been reprimanded.
“He should issue an apology at the least — but people want him gone.
“He’s bringing the reputation of the station down.”
Outspoken Steve made the comments about Tilly while on air on Wednesday morning.
She later responded with a blistering statement, telling him “words can hurt”.
Fans and celebrities, including Strictly judge Shirley Ballas, have backed Tilly.
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Listeners have also joined the clamour for LBC, owned by Global Radio, to fire him.
One said on social media: “Global sack this man. You allow him to troll on the airwaves. He is on the wrong side of history.”
Steve returned to work yesterday and did not refer to the controversy on air, while LBC has yet to comment.
He has previously fat-shamed reality star Gemma Collins, 40, labelling her Gemma the Hutt in a nod to Star Wars’ gluttonous villain Jabba The Hutt.
In 2018, he was rapped by Ofcom for mocking a blind BBC journalist’s guide horse.
The previous year, he made comments about the traveller community that breached Ofcom’s code of conduct.