Naga Munchetty is reportedly planning on quitting BBC Breakfast despite receiving a hefty £10,000 pay rise, after she was accused of bullying and hauled into a meeting over an alleged sex jibe.
The BBC Breakfast presenter and 5 Live host, 50, had been spoken to by executives after she reportedly made a sex jibe during an ad break while hosting the radio show.
She is believed to have used a crude slang term for a sex act and asked a colleague ‘if they had ever done it’.
Naga’s own conduct was thrown into doubt when BBC Breakfast’s editor Richard Frediani reportedly took an extended period of leave, after an internal review of bullying and misconduct allegations was opened into the show.
Amid the fallout, Naga’s agents have reportedly ‘held talks with rival station LBC’ to explore opportunities for the highly-respected journalist.
A source told The Sun: ‘The fallout of Richard Frediani’s investigation created a stark ‘him or her’ narrative on Breakfast with Naga flung to the front line.
Naga Munchetty is reportedly planning on quitting BBC Breakfast despite receiving a hefty £10,000 pay rise, after she was accused of bullying and hauled into a meeting over a ‘sex jibe’
The BBC Breakfast presenter and 5 Live host had been spoken to by executives after she reportedly made a sex jibe during an ad break while hosting the radio show (pictured in May)
‘The fact is she loves the BBC and her job but there’s only so much external noise anyone is prepared to take. LBC would suit her well as the focus remains on news-led broadcasting, they take a hard line and there’s far less of the fluffy nonsense involved in working at the BBC.
‘Her team last week renewed historic talks with the Global radio station to see if there could be any work for her there.’
A BBC Spokesperson said: ‘While we do not comment on individual cases, we take all complaints about conduct at work extremely seriously.’
has contacted Naga’s representatives for comment.
New figures released by the BBC on Tuesday reveal the presenter was awarded a £10,000 increase in her annual salary.
It now takes her pay packet to an eye-watering £355,000 – almost double that of her co-host Charlie Stayt.
Charlie, 63, has remained in the £190,000 bracket as tensions between the pair are said to be ‘rife’.
Naga hosts BBC Breakfast on Thursdays to Saturdays with Charlie, while Jon Kay and Sally Nugent anchor the programme from the start of the week.
Amid the fallout, Naga’s agents has reportedly ‘held talks with rival station LBC’ to explore opportunities for the highly-respected journalist
New figures released by the BBC on Tuesday reveal the presenter was awarded a £10k increase in her annual salary, which takes her pay packet to an eye-watering £355,000 – almost double that of her co-host Charlie Stayt, who sits on £190,000
Naga’s own conduct was thrown into doubt when BBC Breakfast’s editor Richard Frediani (pictured) reportedly took an extended period of leave, after an internal review of bullying and misconduct allegations was opened into the show
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It was previously claimed that the show’s staff are feeling increasingly ‘uneasy’ around Frediani, with the former Head of ITV News accused of ‘shaking’ a female editor while working on the show.
The Mail told how Naga has also been holding discussions with Sky News in an apparent bid to leave the corporation, industry sources have revealed.
In a surprise move, the presenter held talks with both broadcasters in what appears to be an attempt to escape the toxic atmosphere on the programme she co-hosts three days a week with Charlie Stayt.
However, sources said the talks broke down with Sky News, with some bosses at the networks unsure about Naga’s ‘tough ways’ and deciding against continuing negotiations.
One said: ‘There were quite a few discussions with both Sky and LBC but then it was decided by both that they wouldn’t go any further.
‘She is quite sharp and it is perhaps not what they were looking for, so it all kind of fell apart. Rightly or wrongly, Naga has a reputation for being quite tough and difficult at times – they didn’t like that.’
BBC Breakfast bosses were reportedly forced to apologise to Geri Halliwell-Horner after a very awkward interview with Naga and Charlie.
During the awkward resurfaced interview from October 2023, Naga, caught the Spice Girl off guard as she asked: ‘Do you not like being interviewed?’
BBC Breakfast star Naga, pictured with her co-host Charlie, who present the show Monday to Wednesday
After the segment ended, Geri, 52, allegedly said she did not want to appear on the show opposite the pair ever again.
The BBC’s annual report on its top earners revealed Gary Lineker and Zoe Ball have topped the BBC rich list again this year, as the corporation acknowledged ‘challenges’ with its workplace culture.
The 64-year-old’s £1.35 million salary made him the Beeb’s highest-paid star over the last year, according to the BBC’s annual report for 2024/25.
Radio 2 host Zoe Ball is the highest-paid woman at the corporation on £519,000, despite working part-time.
She left her full-time position as the station’s breakfast show host in December. Her replacement Scott Mills is on £359,999.