In a recent interview Jeremy Vine has broken his silence over Scott Mills’ sacking from the BBC and claimed he felt ‘shock and grief’ when the news broke
In the wave of Scott Mills’ sacking from the BBC over alleged historical sexual offences, his former colleague Jeremy Vine has now broken his silence. The 60 year old radio and television presenter who had worked with Scott, claimed in a recent interview that his was left “in shock and grief”, after learning that the broadcaster had axed the once popular TV personality.
The alleged offence is believed to have happened between 1997 and 2000 when Scott, now 53, was in his mid-20s. In 2018, he was reportedly questioned by police under caution but the case was not pursued by the Crown Prosecution Service in 2010 due to a lack of evidence.
Speaking to The Telegraph, Jeremy, who described Scott as a very “popular bloke” among his colleagues, said that he sent him a text soon after he learned about the BBC’s actions. The text read: “I hold you in the highest regard and I wish you all the best.” Before he realised it was serious, Jeremy believed that it was an “AI spoof” or that his laptop had fallen victim to a “virus.”
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He went on to explain to the publication that the whole situation has been “draining and upsetting.” He added: “I’m not drawing comparisons with Huw Edwards, but Huw was not a popular person. Scott was very well-liked.”
He continued: “With Huw, his great skill was to bully upwards. He’s the only person I’ve ever seen who didn’t bully underlings, he bullied his bosses.” Huw Edwards pleaded guilty in 2024 to making indecent images of children.
Previously, Jeremy admitted that didn’t find out about Scott Mills’ demise until 17 minutes before his was due on air.
And so at the time, he addressed the situation to the listeners of his 12pm radio show saying: “Obviously, I was taken aback by that opening story to the news.”
He added: “I had not heard anything about it until 17 minutes ago, when it was on the BBC website, and I only had the information that was given to you in the bulletin.”
Jeremy continued: “I have nothing more, that it was allegations about Scott Mills’ personal conduct, which have led to him being sacked. I have no more than that. All right, on to today’s show.”
Earlier this week Scott was pictured for the first time since the shock sacking from his reported £355,000 a year role.
Wearing sunglasses and a baseball cap, he cut an unshaven appearance as he made his way out and about around his neighbourhood, alongside his husband.
When members of the broadcaster found out about his sacking, there was said to be audible signs of utter shock. BBC News correspondent Sima Kotecha said that there had been “gasps” that “filled the newsroom.”
She previously added: “This is mega news. We heard gasps in the newsroom when people realised that he had been sacked. We don’t know why he’s been sacked but we do know that it will surely be unwelcome news.”
She went on to say: “The fact that the bosses had to do this means there must be something potentially very significant here to let one of their big names go. As I said, this is a huge name in the BBC.”
Scott Mills replaced Zoe Ball on BBC Radio 2 last year.
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