BBC New host Clive Myrie has admitted it was 'weird' reporting on the scandal that engulfed co-star Huw Edwards last year. The 59-year-old broadcaster has helmed the news from the BBC News desk since 2009 - and was a correspondent for more than a decade before that. Last year, the BBC was plunged into crisis when it was revealed that 62-year-old Huw had been paying a member of the public for explicit images and that he had first begun corresponding with the individual when they were just 17-years-old.
While Huw’s identity was initially not made public, a frenzy of speculation forced the hand of the presenter’s wife to unmask him as the newsreader at the centre of the scandal. Huw was subsequently suspended by the BBC while an investigation was carried out and later resigned from his job as a top-earning TV star. While the revelations shocked and stunned the wider British public, it seems the news was particularly awkward for those serving in the news studio at the Beeb.
Now Clive has addressed the awkwardness of having to lead bulletins about Huw and the scandal. Huw resigned from the BBC earlier this year following the scandal Virgin Media offers gamers the chance to get £250 but you'll need to act quickly Opening up to the Radio Times, he said: “When you end up doing a story that involves you reporting on your colleagues, it’s weird . That’s actually the best description.
It’s just weird. Because you’re not usually there to be talking about the staff in your .