ABC Radio National's Philip Adams takes a swipe at broadcaster ahead of his exit trends now
Veteran ABC star Phillip Adams, who once tweeted that singer Kamahl was an 'honorary white', is looking forward to speaking uncensored once he retires.
Adams, 84, said in February that he will end his tenure as host of his popular ABC Radio National program Late Night Live in June this year.
'One of the good things about leaving the ABC, is that I'll soon be able to tweet without self-censorship. Watch this space,' Adams wrote to X on Wednesday.
Adams - a noted writer, public intellectual and atheist - forged a 40-year radio career as one of the ABCs more outspoken left-wing personalities.
He was also a long-time Labor Party supporter before rescinding his membership over the 2010 leadership coup against former PM Kevin Rudd.
Former Liberal Prime Minister John Howard, when asked while in office to describe what was wrong with the ABC, replied: 'Where is the right-wing Phillip Adams?'.
Outspoken ABC radio host Phillip Adams says he is looking forward to tweeting 'uncensored' when he steps away from the ABC mid-this year (pictured with podcaster Helen Thomas)
In a widely-shared tweet posted in 2022, Adams contrasted Bradman's 13-year friendship with Kamahl with his reluctance to meet former South African president Nelson Mandela.
Adams found himself in hot water in 2022 when he claimed singer and entertainer Kamahl was treated as an 'honourary white' by legendary Australian cricketer Sir Don Bradman.
The saga unfolded when Adams tweeted: 'Bradman refused to meet Mandela?' referring to former South African president and anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela.
That never happened; Mr Mandela visited Sydney in 2000 but Bradman, then 92, could not attend and instead sent a gift along with a letter in which he called him a 'champion of humanity'.
Malaysian-born Kamahl was one of the first to call out Adams over the tweet writing: 'Why do you think Sir Donald Bradman refused to meet Mandela?'.
'Why do you think the greatest ever 'sportsman' welcomed me to his home every year from August 1998 till he left us in 2001? He also left me letters he wrote every year,' Kamahl said.
