BBC Radio 5 Presenter Fired For Racist Royal Baby Tweet

BBC Radio 5 presenter Danny Baker has been fired following a racist tweet he posted regarding the birth of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s baby.

The tweet, which has since been deleted, displayed the image of a royal couple holding hands with a chimpanzee, accompanied by the caption “Royal Baby leaves hospital”.

A BBC Spokesperson has said of the tweet: “This is a serious error of judgement”.

“Danny’s a brilliant broadcaster but will no longer be presenting a weekly show with us”.

The presenter took to Twitter to apologise for the tweet, claiming he intended to make a joke about “Royals vs circus animals in posh clothes”.

Once again. Sincere apologies for the stupid unthinking gag pic earlier. Was supposed to be joke about Royals vs circus animals in posh clothes but interpreted as about monkeys & race, so rightly deleted. Royal watching not my forte.
Also, guessing it was my turn in the barrel. pic.twitter.com/86cQGbAhDc

— Danny Baker (@prodnose) May 8, 2019

Prior to this incident, Danny Baker had been axed once by 5 Live and twice by the BBC.