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Carol Vorderman was dropped from BBC Radio Wales last year (Image: Getty) Carol Vorderman has accused the BBC of sexism after being axed by the corporation. The former Countdown presenter, 63, claimed in an interview with The Sunday Times Magazine that she was "threatened" by the channel for her controversial tweets about the then-Conservative government. The mathematician also suggested she was "not prepared to stop" venting her "strong beliefs" on her social media pages, which led to her exit.
She told the publication: " BBC management made two decisions about two presenters within 24 hours - one was to sack me for five innocuous tweets. function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.createElement('script');el.
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no sexism!" READ MORE Strictly 2024 contestant admits why they turned down show 10 times Huw Edwards was arrested last year (Image: Getty) In the same week she was dropped from their lineup, Huw Edwards was arrested for making indecent images of children - to which he pleaded guilty in July. Carol claimed the change in social media rules were a threat. "It was a threat.
'You shut up or we'll sack you.' Well, f***ing sack me then," she added to The Times. The presenter, who has hosted the Saturday morning show for four years, is an outspoken critic of the former Tory government on X, formerly Twitter.
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Read our Privacy Policy The BBC had recently published new social media rules for stars and staff before her show exit. At the time of her departure, Carol said she was not "prepared to lose my voice on social media" and managers "have decided I must leave". The BBC brought in new social media rules for its presenters following outrage last year over Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker 's tweet comparing the Tory government's Rwanda policy to Nazi Germany.
Some of Carol's controversial tweets included branding the Conservatives as "corrupt" and "divisive"..
