BBC in nepotism row after casting Bradley Walsh’s son in Gladiators
- One BBC workers member advised the Mail: ‘It has brought on a stink’
- Bradley has a long time of expertise internet hosting high-profile tv
- His son Barney, 26, is but to anchor one and executives are involved
The BBC has grow to be embroiled in a nepotism row after casting father and son duo Bradley and Barney Walsh to current the rebooted model of Gladiators.
Bosses are stated to be ‘involved’ on the signing, significantly due to the company’s sturdy insurance policies about going by way of due course of earlier than hiring workers.
Fans of the present are additionally livid in regards to the casting of Barney, 26, alongside Bradley, 63.
While Bradley has a long time of expertise internet hosting high-profile tv programmes, Barney has but to anchor one.
One BBC workers member advised the Mail: ‘It has brought on a stink’, including that the casting has been seen by the ‘higher echelons’, a few of whom ‘aren’t precisely pleased’.
Fans of the present are additionally livid in regards to the casting of Barney (left), 26, alongside Bradley, 63 (proper)
Bosses are stated to be ‘involved’ on the signing, significantly due to the company’s sturdy insurance policies about going by way of due course of earlier than hiring workers
Viewers have lambasted the BBC over the appointments. One wrote on X, previously Twitter: ‘I’m not satisfied Bradley Walsh is true for the present and I’m much less satisfied his son is. This nepotism is unedifying.’
Another stated: ‘Why is the BBC indulging in such totally blatant nepotism?’
The offspring of celebrities who work in the identical industries as their well-known dad and mom have been branded ‘nepo-babies’.
Since 2019, Barney has appeared subsequent to his father on their ITV sequence Bradley Walsh & Son: Breaking Dad, by which the pair tackle challenges whereas travelling the world.
Bradley’s spouse – and Barney’s mom – Donna Derby additionally has hyperlinks to Gladiators, as she was head choreographer for the Gladiators cheerleaders within the authentic Nineteen Nineties sequence.
Bradley lately recalled Barney taking a few of his first steps on the unique enviornment ground as a toddler.
