Anneka Rice reveals she cried in a sofa shop when she found out she was being ... trends now

Anneka Rice reveals she cried in a sofa shop when she found out she was being ... trends now
Anneka Rice reveals she cried in a sofa shop when she found out she was being ... trends now

Anneka Rice reveals she cried in a sofa shop when she found out she was being ... trends now

Anneka Rice has revealed she was left crying in a sofa shop when she found out the BBC was replacing her with Dermot O'Leary.

The television and radio presenter, 64, was told she was losing her Radio 2 weekend breakfast slot with only two weeks notice.

She was replaced by Dermot 49, in 2017, and was 'shocked' when her agent phoned to give her the bad news while she was out shopping for some new furniture.

Overcome with emotion, the mother-of-three was unable to leave the shop until she had calmed down.

Anneka, who had been working at the BBC for 46 years when she was let go, was 'disappointed' that nobody from the BBC contacted her to tell her personally.

Distraught: Anneka Rice has revealed she was left crying in a sofa shop when she found out the BBC was replacing her with Dermot O'Leary (pictured 2022)

Distraught: Anneka Rice has revealed she was left crying in a sofa shop when she found out the BBC was replacing her with Dermot O'Leary (pictured 2022)

Shocking: The television and radio presenter, 64, was told she was losing her Radio 2 weekend breakfast slot with only two weeks notice (pictured March 2023)

Shocking: The television and radio presenter, 64, was told she was losing her Radio 2 weekend breakfast slot with only two weeks notice (pictured March 2023)

Replacement: She was replaced by Dermot 49, in 2017, and was 'shocked' when her agent phoned to give her the bad news while she was out shopping for some new furniture (pictured 2017)

Replacement: She was replaced by Dermot 49, in 2017, and was 'shocked' when her agent phoned to give her the bad news while she was out shopping for some new furniture (pictured 2017)

She told the Off Air With Jane and Fi podcast: 'The worst bit [of my time with the BBC] was when I lost my breakfast show on Radio 2 with two weeks notice having done it for over ten years.

'I just got a call from my agent saying 'you aren't doing it from two weeks time'.

'I actually was in a sofa shop at the time, and I remember sitting on in the sofa shop and just crying, I couldn't leave, it was quite embarrassing.

'It was disappointing that nobody from the BBC contacted me.

'Then I thought that doesn't matter because of course they're going to give it to a younger feisty woman, and I was all up for that... and then it wasn't, it went to Dermot O'Leary who I absolutely adore, but that was more of a shock.

'I did a training course at the BBC 46 years ago, me and Tony Blackburn must be the longest serving BBC'ers in existence.'

Anneka made the comments as her most prolific 90s programme, Challenge Anneka, made a return to the UK's screens.

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