Overview

• During a media roundtable at Elstree Studios, the contestant seized a journalist’s phone and said “I’m not doing this” before leaving the interview.
• Audio shared online captures him asking “What’s that? Are you taping it?” after a reporter queried why he agreed to join the series.
• Multiple outlets report BBC bosses have held crisis discussions and are considering whether he should remain in the lineup.
• Earlier the same day, director-general Tim Davie told MPs the casting is made by the production team and said the BBC would not platform completely unacceptable or racist views.
• Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink continued interviews alone after the walkout, as fans on social media urged the programme to remove Skinner.