BBC presenter annoyed by tributes to 'complex and brittle' Steve Wright after death | 3B3FA33 | 2024-03-08 21:08:01
Broadcaster Nicky Campbell has shared his annoyance at tributes to Steve Wright, which he says 'dehumanises' the late radio DJ.
The radio presenter died on Monday, February 12, at the age of 69,& devastating fans and colleagues, some of whom were left in tears reading tributes& to him on air, whereas thousands wrote tributes of their own to& social media.
However whereas there was an plain outpouring of affection for the Radio 2 star, fellow BBC presenter admits the way people now speak about Wright 'irks' him.
He says Wright, who was found lifeless at his residence in Marylebone after paramedics responded to an 'incident,' was a 'really likeable', 'actually variety' and 'nice individual'.
Nevertheless, he advised The Mid.Level podcast, he is irritated that when associates of his die who have been 'incredible individuals … everyone in a way dehumanises them and says, "Oh, they have been good in every method".'
'It does dehumanise them. I really feel like saying, "No. Steve was complicated. We're all complicated. He could possibly be brittle and anxious."'
BBC presenter Gabby Logan moved the conversation on, asking if it made Nicky think about his own mortality, which he admitted it did.
However he joked the first line in his obituary can be 'Dippy Egg from The Masked Singer.'
Wright had been& a staple on both Radio 1 and Radio 2& together with his Afternoon programme, which he introduced on Radio 2 for 23 years before a shake-up in 2022 noticed it come to an finish.
On the primary Sunday& after he died, his good friend and colleague Liza Tarbuck stepped into his footwear to current the present,& giving an emotional on-air tribute& to Wright as she did so.
His colleague Nikki Chapman was amongst these choking up as she spoke about him on-air after his demise, saying it was 'devastatingly sad information' which came as 'an entire shock'.
'Everybody appears to have such fond reminiscences of our Wrighty because that's how we seen and that's how we listened to him. He was ours.
'He was our mate, talking to us in our kitchens as we made a brew, in our bedrooms, in the bathe, in our automobiles, taxis, lorries, in our type rooms at college, in our gardens, at work – he was all the time in our hearts.'
It has now been confirmed that, from this Sunday until no less than& Easter, Early Breakfast show presenter Nicki will take over& Wright's Sunday Love Songs slot.
Nicki will then step apart to permit a new presenter to take on the show on a everlasting foundation, with the likes of Davina McCall, Michael Ball and Graham Norton amongst those being thought-about for the slot, in accordance with The Solar.
Emergency providers sped to Wright's residence in central& London& around 10am on February 12, however he was& found dead at the scene.
A London ambulance spokesperson advised Metro.co.uk: 'We have been referred to as at 10.07am on Monday 12 February to reviews of an incident.
'We sent a variety of assets to the scene. Very sadly, an individual was pronounced lifeless at the scene.'
In the meantime police informed Metro.co.uk that Wright's dying was 'sudden but shouldn't be being treated as suspicious,' including a report is being ready for the coroner.
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