Frank Skinner has claimed there are ‘lots of creepy men’ working in the TV industry who often make ‘women’s lives a misery’.
The comedian, 68, recalled one particular incident in which he used his position on his chat show, which aired on both BBC and ITV from 1995 to 2005, to get a vile cameraman sacked after he filmed up a female colleague’s skirt.
He told The Sun: ‘I think if you’ve got the power to do something about that, you need to use it’, as he branded the incident ‘horrible’ and a form of ‘bullying’.
‘[The cameraman] He thought it was funny to put the camera up a make-up woman’s skirt and it got big laughs in the studio. I wasn’t in the studio, but I found her crying in a room and she told me about it.
‘I asked around. And because I was a big-time comedian, I was able to say: “Well, look, either he goes or I go”. I don’t want to get anyone sacked, but I did get him sacked. I tell that story not to make myself sound like some big hero and good guy, but just that I had the power and I did something’.
Frank said that he believed that is how incident os misconduct should be bullied and found it ‘baffling’ how they often appear to go ignored.
Frank Skinner has claimed there are ‘lots of creepy men’ working in the TV industry who often make ‘women’s lives a misery’
The comedian recalled one particular incident in which he used his position on his chat show to get a vile cameraman sacked after he filmed up a female colleague’s skirt (pictured 2001)
Meanwhile Christopher Biggins has shockingly admitted he would still like to be able to ‘grab women by the t***ies’ in a bizarre defence of Gregg Wallace.
The iconic actor, 76, who is openly gay, said his own past behaviour would ‘land him in prison’ today and claimed 25 years ago ‘everyone’ was acting inappropriately.
Gregg, 60, stepped down from his duties as Masterchef host after more than 40 complaints about his behaviour were upheld following a BBC investigation.
Christopher, who appeared on the show’s celebrity version in 2014, said he’d reached out to the scandal-plagued broadcaster following the axe, as well as sharing insight into his own less than savoury antics.
He told The Sun: ‘Years ago I would approach a woman from behind and grab her t***ies from the front. Well, I’m gay so it didn’t matter. And I’d like to still be doing it, but I don’t think I can any more.
‘If I were to do that now I’d be put into prison. Twenty-five years ago we were all doing it. It was a thing of affection.’
He went on: ‘I love Gregg and I love his wife. I’ve tried to get hold of her because they must be going through a terrible time because suddenly careers are vanishing, it’s so wrong.’
Daily Mail have contacted Christopher Biggins’ reps for further comment.
No stranger to his own controversy, Christopher was famously axed from the Celebrity Big Brother back in 2016 after making a shocking comment to X Factor star Katie Waissel, which was never broadcast.
He said: ‘I think if you’ve got the power to do something about that, you need to use it’, as he branded the incident ‘horrible’ and a form of ‘bullying’
ank said that he believed that is how incident os misconduct should be bullied and found it ‘baffling’ how they often appear to go ignored
Meanwhile Christopher Biggins, 76, has shockingly admitted he would still like to be able to ‘grab women by the t***ies’ in a bizarre defence of Gregg Wallace
Christopher told Katie, who is Jewish: ‘You better be careful or they’ll be putting you in a shower and taking you to a room.’
Bosses immediately removed him from the house, and his £100,000 fee was reportedly slashed.
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Christopher has since apologised for his comments, noting that some of his close friends, such as Birds of a Feather’s Lesley Joseph, were Jewish.
The BBC review into Gregg’s behaviour concluded that the ‘majority of the substantiated allegations against him related to inappropriate sexual language and humour’.
It added that ‘a smaller number of allegations of other inappropriate language and being in a state of undress were also substantiated’, with ‘one incident of unwelcome physical contact’ also substantiated.
n-born chef co-host John Torode, 59, also lost his job after two decades over allegations that he used the N-word, which he claims to have ‘absolutely no recollection’ of.
Gregg and John have returned to screens for one final time together as the BBC made the decision to air the controversial 21st series of MasterChef.
It was filmed last year and remained shelved by the broadcaster until the findings of the independent investigation were gathered.
Gregg, 60, was recently dismissed from his duties as Masterchef host after more than 40 complaints about his behaviour were upheld following a BBC investigation
The iconic actor, who is openly gay, said his own past behaviour would ‘land him in prison’ today and claimed 25 years ago ‘everyone’ was acting inappropriately (pictured on Celebrity Masterchef in 2014)
Fans have been left divided over the move to air the programme, with some branding the decision as ‘bizarre’ and accused the BBC of being ‘tone deaf’.
There was a last-minute scramble behind-the-scenes to re-edit it and limit the appearances of John and Gregg.
One contestant, Sarah Shafi, will not appear on the programme after she complained about the behaviour of Gregg.
She claimed she was ‘eyed up and ogled’ by Gregg on the show, while accusing the TV host of making an ‘off’ comment about his reputation with women.
Sarah, who was set to appear on the show’s yet to be aired season, said the greengrocer, 60, made her feel like a ‘rabbit in the headlights’, when he made a ‘throwaway comment’ about his reputation with women.