What I'll do next after leaving the BBC: CLARA AMFO sets the record straight on why she quit the corporation after almost a decade

EXCLUSIVE What I'll do next after leaving the BBC: CLARA AMFO sets the record straight on why she quit the corporation after almost a decade Rumours swirled when CLARA AMFO left Radio 1 recently, after almost a decade as one of their top DJs. Now, she tells Sylvia Patterson, she’s ready to set the record straight By Sylvia Patterson For You Magazine Published: 12:01 BST, 1 June 2024 | Updated: 12:23 BST, 5 June 2024 e-mail 72 View comments There’s a lot of love for Clara Amfo . When, at the end of last year, she announced on Instagram that she was stepping down (from the show Future Sounds ) after nine years as an influential Radio 1 DJ, celebrities piled in with messages of support: Claudia Winkleman shared her thoughts with a string of hearts; Stacey Dooley with clapping hands emojis; ‘huge love to you goddess’ wrote Zoe Ball .

At today’s photoshoot, the tourists in the 18th-century courtyard of London ’s Royal Academy of Arts clearly recognise 40-year-old Amfo from her TV work: co-host of the Brit Awards and Glastonbury, Strictly contestant, guest judge on both RuPaul ’s Drag Rac e and The Voice . She’s twirling in a scarlet dress slashed to the uppermost thigh, stopping to place a strategic hand between her legs, flattening the frock that’s being blown apart by a blustering wind. ‘Gotta protect the area!’ she laughs.

This kind of thing doesn’t usually go down at the Royal Academy. You’ll be gathering that Amfo is not easily embarrassed. Over our .