I’m A Celebrity’s Dean McCullough ‘faced allegations of bullying’ at BBC Radio One before schedule shake-up
I'M A Celebrity's Dean McCullough reportedly faced allegations of bullying BBC Radio One production staff - before a schedule shake-up.
The DJ was moved from his afternoon show slot of 1pm until 3.30pm with his co-host Vicky Hawkesworth to the graveyard shift as the host of Early Breakfast in February this year.
claims producers refused to work with the 32-year-old, making his job on the afternoon slot "untenable".
However, it is not yet clear whether the move was directly related to the complaints.
TV insiders pointed out schedule changes are made regularly "for many reasons".
A Radio 1 source told : "Quite a few people who worked with Dean were really unhappy – and some of them made it very clear with bosses.
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"They accused him of being a bully to staff, and they just didn't want to keep working with him any longer.
"To be honest by the end it was just chaos – there were cover presenters drafted in and producers moved around to try to keep things on track but it became untenable."
His former co-host Vicky now presents on weekends, while Dean remains based in the Manchester building where he has worked for many years instead of BBC's London HQ.
A BBC spokesman said: "We don't comment on individuals but we take any allegations of inappropriate behaviour very seriously and the BBC has robust processes in place to investigate them thoroughly."
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Dean has caused controversy in camp after an argument with Coronation Street's Alan Halsall.
He was unhappy about being woken up by the Corrie star to complete his chores.
Hosts Ant and Dec also voiced their frustration after Dean continued to be voted to do Bushtucker Trials.