Tributes have poured in after the former BBC radio host passed away
Former BBC presenter Liz Kershaw has blasted the Corporation for the way they treated DJ Steve Wright.
The iconic radio host was reportedly left devastated two years ago at the decision by BBC bosses to axe his iconic Radio 2 show.
And many have said the 69-year-old, whose death was announced yesterday, never got over it.
Now, speaking to GBNews, Liz Kershaw has slammed his treatment.
She told Eamonn Holmes and Ellie Costello on GBNews: “Well, it makes me feel sick. It’s shabby, it's hypocritical. They just dumped him.
“New management said we’re going to refresh the schedule - and they treat people like tins of beans on a shelf.
"I doubt that there was any follow-up, or any pastoral care, or any support for him. He didn't need money as he has been one of the highest-paid people on air.
"But, you know, I wonder if they considered how it affected him. There are some people for whom fame and attention are their oxygen.
"And he was one of those; it was absolutely his life.
"Steve was so focused and driven and it's their life, that is who they are, and to take it away from somebody and then come back months later and say, ‘We will miss Steve, he was such a professional, he was brilliant, he was the best.’
“I just don't know how they can say that. And also are they going to apologise to the public?
"Because since his last show and I know there have been other changes Radio Two has lost 1.2 million listeners. This is 8% of its audience.
"So people know what they like, nobody's got a job for life. Things have to change. But I think there are serious questions to be answered.
"I would only imagine that it was a shock, a real shock to find he didn't have something to do and was no longer going to be working five days a week and thrilling the nation every day.”
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