LBC bosses today stood by their presenter Steve Allen after he described Strictly Come Dancing teenager Tilly Ramsay as a 'chubby little thing' live on air.
Allen, 67, has faced huge pressure to quit after saying he was bored with the 19-year-old CBBC host, daughter of chef Gordon Ramsay, and criticised her weight.
He told listeners on Wednesday: 'She can't bloody well dance. I'm bored with her already. She's a chubby little thing isn't she, have you noticed?' Referring to Gordon Ramsay, he added: 'Probably her dad's cooking I should imagine.'
MailOnline understands that LBC is resisting calls to sack Allen and he is expected to present his early morning show from 4am until 7am next Monday as normal.
And an insider told MailOnline that there are some within LBC who want him to stay, while others are behind calls for Allen to quit because they see him as a 'dinosaur'.
The insider added that Allen 'gets on well' with LBC hosts Eddie Mair and Nick Ferrari and was 'well thought of in the industry' by breakfast presenters on other stations.
Steve Allen (left), 67, has faced huge pressure to quit after saying he was bored with 19-year-old Tilly Ramsay (right), daughter of chef Gordon Ramsay, and criticised her weight
Tilly Ramsay has been paired with Nikita Kuzmin on this year's Strictly Come Dancing
Neither LBC nor Ofcom have confirmed whether any complaints have been made, with an Ofcom spokesman telling MailOnline: 'We are assessing the complaints against our broadcasting rules, but are yet to decide whether or not to investigate.'
It comes after another source told The Sun: 'Steve's outdated and archaic comments have been allowed to continue for far too long and plenty of people want him out.
'There's free speech and then there is calling a teenage girl fat live on the radio. Plenty of people think it's time he was given his marching orders because this isn't the first time he's made
