Angela Rippon, 77, admits cancel culture fears 'Hopefully I've always been aware'

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Express.co.uk spoke to Angela about today's cancel culture and if she has ever been scared of saying the wrong thing on live TV.Angela's career shows no sign of stopping as she continues to work on BBC's Rip off Britain, while also regularly appearing on segments of The One Show.Having had a successful career spanning nearly 60 years, Express.co.uk asked Angela if she had ever feared being cancelled.Angela said: "I think as a journalist, hopefully, and as a broadcaster, hopefully I've always been aware of doing my job as well as I can."I hope I do it in a way that doesn't either insult or upset people but just gets to the heart of the story that I'm dealing with."Angela's career has not always run smoothly, with the broadcaster believing the TV-am sacking would mark the end of her career.TV-am was supported by five presenters who were not only fronting the programme but were also shareholders when it was created.This included Angela, Michael Parkinson, David Frost, Anna Ford and Robert Kee.When the franchise was announced in December 1980, Angela's contract with the BBC was about to expire, and was not renewed as a result of her TV-am employment.After just two months on air, the company was running at a loss, leaving the chief executive and chairman Peter Jay to be ousted.Angela made her support for the previous chairman clear, leading to her and Anna Ford being fired by the new executive, Timothy Aitken.Speaking to Express.co.uk about the events, she said: "If you look at my career path I've never, apart from one year immediately after the nonsense of TV-am, been out of work."I thought that was the end of my career."You know, after TV-am famously one of the controllers at the time said, 'Angela Rippon will never work.