Overview

• The Radio 1 Breakfast host called the BBC’s impartiality framework “imperfect” but necessary, adding that “you can’t have 5,000 presenters spouting personal opinions all day.”
• He said he avoids on-air debates he is not “clued up on” and keeps unkind or racist material out of his show.
• In his new book and interviews, he discloses that at age 21 he chose a BBC offer of £80,000 over a local radio job at £18,000.
• He is reported to earn about £425,000 a year as host of the Radio 1 Breakfast Show.
• He pointed to recent controversies over presenters’ external platforms, citing Rylan Clark’s This Morning immigration discussion that drew 576 Ofcom complaints and the Gary Lineker social media row.