Love Island’s Amber Gill are among the celebrities that have come together to support Sideman after he quit his radio show.The Radio 1Xtra presenter decided to quit his show after the BBC used a racial slur during a news report.On July 29, correspondent Fiona Lamdin said the N-word during a report on a racially motivated attack in Bristol, repeating the term as it was allegedly used during the incident.The broadcaster eventually cut the segment from the BBC News Channel but was immediately stung by a downpour of angry complaints – a total of 18,656.
Following the report, David ‘Sideman’ Whitely announced on Saturday that he is leaving his role as BBC 1Xtra presenter, as he told his followers ‘I can’t look the other way’.Following his.
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