Piers Morgan blasts BBC over handing of Huw Edwards case
Piers Morgan described Huw Edwards as a “stand up guy” after his wife Vicky Flind confirmed he is the BBC presenter alleged to have paid for sexually explicit pictures.
Edwards is alleged to have paid a young person £35,000 over three years when they were 17 until the age of 20.
Speaking on his TalkTV show, Uncensored, Morgan told viewers: “He’s authoritative and above all, he’s always been trusted.
“By all accounts, the audiences love him. I know him personally, he’s always been a very stand up guy.
“But today’s news that he is the presenter behind the BBC’s sex picture scandal comes as a huge shock to everyone who knows him, maybe to his family, certainly to millions of people who are used to watching him on the news each night.
“Probably a shock to his colleagues at the BBC.”
Morgan continued: “The speculation was becoming completely unsustainable.
“Many other BBC presenters were being shamed and vilified on social media, for something they had nothing to do with.
“Viewers would have noticed Huw had vanished overnight from the nightly news bulletins.
“He is now in a very serious situation. He probably feels like he’s losing everything.”
Morgan had previously called for the presenter to come forward as he stated “we all know who it is”.
He said: “The public doesn’t know who it is yet. Would it be prudent for this presenter to come out if he has nothing to hide?
“If what this young alleged victim has put in this legal letter is true and there is nothing legal or improper about whatever relationship they may or may not have had.
“Would it not be the smart thing to do for this presenter to come out and talk frankly about this? And maybe not even defend himself but say, ‘This is what happened and I have nothing to hide.'”
Edwards’s wife said in a statement to PA News Agency on Wednesday he was “suffering from serious mental health issues”.
She added: “He has suffered another serious episode and is now receiving in-patient hospital care where he’ll stay for the foreseeable future.”
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