BBC recently fired their radio presenter for comparing the royal baby with Chimpanzee.
A tweet which was later deleted showed an image of a couple holding hands with a chimpanzee, which is dressed in clothes, alongside the caption: “Royal baby leaves hospital”.
Here is the tweet:
His tweet didn’t go too well with everyone out there. Executives were cited on the BBC News’ website as saying he showed a “serious error of judgement”.
Just got fired from @bbc5live.
For the record – it was red sauce. Always.— Danny Baker (@prodnose) May 9, 2019
Baker labelled the tweet an “enormous mistake, for sure,” adding: “Anyway, here’s to ya Archie, Sorry mate.” “Would have used same stupid pic for any other Royal birth or Boris Johnson kid or even one of my own. It’s a funny image. (Though not of course in that context.)” he wrote.
