Dan Walker breaks silence over return to BBC Breakfast after serious misconduct probe at Channel 5
DAN Walker laughed about a return to BBC Breakfast in an apparent swipe at his former employer.
The 47-year-old answered a Q&A with fans as he gave updates on when he’d be back on telly with Helen Skelton and how his latest venture away from TV is going.
A fan asked Dan on Instagram: “Do you miss BBC Breakfast and would you ever go back?”
He replied with a picture of him holding the Strictly glitterball trophy with former BBC colleague Sally Nugent.
Dan wrote: “I miss my friends but… No.”
Dan, a 46-year-old dad of three, left BBC Breakfast in April 2022 to join Channel 5 News,
However, he found himself the centre of a multi-pronged complaint recently.
Network bosses brought in investigators over the work place probe into serious conduct allegations.
Presenter Dan – who is believed to be paid £500,000 a year – was “completely exonerated”.
The Channel 5 news anchor continues to be on telly – but revealed his latest gig away from the small screen.
Dan, 47 revealed he is now a co-owner of a café, saying: “You know I go on about cake a lot?
“Well… I am officially now the part-owner of a cafe!!! It’s something my wife and I have been thinking about for a while and an opportunity came up just down the road from our house in Sheffield at a place we love, right at the heart of the community.
“And with friends who are brilliant. So… feel free to pop along to the Brook Coffee Rooms in Fulwood in Sheffield…
“I’ll be the one in the corner eating a cronut It is officially… THE DREAM.”
The journalist told his followers that he and his wife have been eyeing this opportunity for a while.
He added that he has now decided to take the plunge with a café in Sheffield that’s close to their hearts