TV series "Blue
Peter" star Helen Skelton reportedly called her ex-boss a bully in a fiery
radio interview Friday.
The 29-year-old TV presenter
said Alex Leger, 65, pushed the show's hosts to the limit with his daredevil
demands.
But Leger, who was on
"Radio 4-Woman's Hour", a BBC programme with Skelton, laughed off her
remarks and insisted he was just being a persistent boss.
"Leger, you push people
till they break and you know it," thesun.co.uk quoted Skelton as saying.
"Leger - it's funny we
call him a bully, in the best possible way - but he and I did a film which
involved me taking on a beard of bees. My face was stung and swollen. And
afterwards, do you remember, Leger, you came over and you said, 'The office wonder
if we should do it again as they only went over your chest and neck and didn't
quite cover your face'", added Skleton.
Leger, who produced the BBC's
flagship kids' programme for 36 years said "I think I was joking."
But Skelton said: "I
don't think you were."
The show's present host, Jenni
Murray, also told Leger: "From what Skelton was saying, you were a bit of
a bully and you did make them do horrible things."
"The tone of the
interview was very light-hearted," said a BBC spokesman. (Source)
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