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Sideman ‘accepted career would be over’ after quitting BBC Radio over N-word controversy

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Sideman has opened up about his decision to quit BBC Radio 1Xtra last year amid the controversy surrounding the news channel’s use of the N-word. The radio presenter sensationally left his 1Xtra show in August when the corporation didn’t immediately apologise for one of their TV reporters using the N-word.

In July, correspondent Fiona Lamdin used the racial slur during a report on a racially motivated attack, repeating the term as it was allegedly used in the incident.

Viewers were naturally outraged by the segment, which aired during the daytime, and the BBC received more than 18,000 complaints.

Shortly after, Sideman – real name David Whitely – said that he was quitting his show as he couldn’t ‘look the other way’. Speaking about the.

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