Jo Whiley has revealed how vile online abuse over her Radio 2 job made her feel she was “going slightly mad”. The DJ, 54, who was lambasted on social media simply for co-hosting a drive time show, says the ordeal was “really unpleasant”.
Simon Mayo fronted Radio 2’s Drivetime show for eight years before Whiley joined him, becoming the first woman to present a daytime show on the station in 20 years.
But her addition triggered a backlash, which led to the show ending in October 2018 after just a few months on air. Whiley said: “It was such a shock.
I had never experienced anything like that before. I came from such a kind, nice and loving family. "Everyone I had ever worked with had been kind and everything I had ever done was in a warm
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