Kaye Adams gets emotional as she breaks her silence on being axed from her £155,000 a year BBC radio show and says 'I just want to get my life back on track'

Kaye Adams has emotionally broken her silence on being axed from her £155,000-per-year BBC Radio show, admitting she 'just wants to get her life back on track.'

On Friday, it was reported a disciplinary probe found the presenter, 63, had been found culpable of inappropriate behaviour after allegedly swearing at a colleague, throwing a pen at another and berating an intern's professional ability. 

Two complaints of bullying against Kaye were not upheld and she has now parted company with the BBC, after initially being suspended in October last year while the investigation took place. 

Kaye has now spoken about her axe for the first time in a new episode of her How To Be 60 podcast, where she emotionally shared she's endured a 'brutal five months.'

Sources close to the star have previously blasted the axe as 'sexist and a stitch-up' and 'didn't make sense' as she had worked at the BBC for 15 years 'without issue'.

Kaye said: 'It's difficult, isn't it? You know what I mean. It's been a brutal five months, there's no doubt about it, and….you know it's hard, isn't it?'

She continued: 'I'm torn in that I don't want anyone to think… I mean, who cares about my life anyway, it's not that I'm expecting people to, but obviously some people will be aware of what's been going on in terms of me leaving the radio and stuff.

'I'm torn between not wanting to appear to ignore things, but also I just don't see a lot of point in saying much at this time, and this is a time to process things, try and get life back on track, try and get my mental health back on track, try and get my eating back on track, my sleeping back on track, and just my life back on track…. 

'And also for the sake of Ian and the kids you know so I'm gonna just stick to that at the moment and just you know gather myself. I think that's the best thing to do.

'I went to Edinburgh at the weekend to see the kids, my girls, and took Bee. We just had a lovely day because I mean I haven't been as present for them as they're used to, which has been a real sadness, and so you know it was just so lovely. 

'We went for a walk with the dog and I just listened to them chattering away about all their stuff. That was really nice, just to be with them and they're such amazing girls, you know, and they're so supportive of me. 

Fighting back tears, Kaye paid tribute to her daughters for supporting her during the loss of her radio show.

She added: 'You're the Mum, you're the adult, it's your job to look after them. I as you know do everything I can to look after them, but I am just so proud of… I'm so thankful to them. 

'Yeah, they're good girls, they're good girls. But we had Bee… God Almighty it's all sadness isn't it? So Bee is 13, you know what it's like with a bloomin' dog, and she's got cataracts now and she's deaf as a post. 

'So we are in this park in Edinburgh, you let her off the lead she can't hear you, she just cannot hear you, and she's got no sense of direction and now because it's Springtime she sees shadows the whole time so she's forever startling and youre shouting on her and she can't hear you. We were like comedy capers.'

On Friday, it was revealed Kaye was axed from her show on BBC Radio after three misconduct complaints were upheld against her. 

One incident, where Kaye is said to have used the offensive c-word against a colleague, is believed to have taken place more than a decade ago and resulted in the person refusing to work on the show that day. 

In another incident, the presenter is said to have lobbed a pen at a producer in frustration at an element of the day's programme. 

However, a source close to Kaye has since blasted the axing, telling The Sun: 'The C-word allegation, which she categorically denies saying, relates to a heated exchange 14 years ago, dealt with at the time, so why dig it up again?

'As for the allegation that she threw a pen at someone, she sits in the radio booth, an empty room, on her own. The news jingle crashed into a sensitive conversation with a caller, and she allegedly threw it in frustration.'

They questioned if 'a couple of frustrated exchanges is worth someone losing their job' and that Kaye had raised concerns with management over the past three years about feeling unsupported in a high pressure job due to having an inexperienced team. 

The insider added some people who have worked with Kaye over the years have even written to the BBC, urging the broadcaster to reconsider. 

The mother of two worked at BBC Scotland for 15 years until she was unceremoniously suspended on October 7 last year. 

She had her own phone-in show, Call Kaye, before it moved to a new format called 'Mornings with…', which she presented several times a week. 

Kaye is still a regular panellist and presenter on ITV's Loose Women, which previously said it was standing by the star. 

Many of her fellow presenters have come out in support of her since her suspension, including Denise Welch and Nadia Sawalha. 

She also hosts a weekly podcast, How to Be 60, with Karen MacKenzie where she has previously spoken about the stress she has been under during the BBC probe. 

Just last month she admitted she had lost weight and 'hadn't felt like eating' and previously told the Mail on Sunday her name had been 'dragged through the mud'. 

Her friends said they feared there had been a 'witch-hunt' against her by new BBC Scotland radio boss Victoria Easton-Riley, who was appointed in May 2025. 

Within six months Victoria had scrapped the station's longest-running programme, Good Morning Scotland, and replaced it with Radio Scotland Breakfast, presented by Martin Geissler and Laura Maciver. 

A month later it was announced four more programmes – late-night music shows – would be scrapped along with their presenters Iain Anderson, Roddy Hart, Billy Sloan and Natasha Raskin Sharp. 

Insiders previously said the move against Kaye came after a team meeting was observed by the new boss who witnessed behaviour she found concerning, prompting her to speak to colleagues about the star. 

It came after the corporation launched its latest anti-harassment campaign called 'Call It Out' which encouraged employees to report conduct which they found unacceptable.  

That scheme was set up in response to an independent report into BBC workplace culture which found a small number of stars and managers 'behave unacceptably' and bosses often fail to tackle them. 

It was commissioned in the wake of the Huw Edwards scandal, when the former news anchor admitted possessing child abuse images. 

Then MasterChef presenter Gregg Wallace was sacked after a report upheld 45 allegations about his behaviour including unwelcome physical contact and being in a state of undress. 

BBC Breakfast presenter Naga Munchetty is currently under formal investigation after complaints of bullying were made against her, although she still remains on air.  

BBC chairman Samir Shah previously said some powerful people still make life 'unbearable' for their colleagues and told presenters: 'After today, let me state it clearly, if you think you're too big a star or too important to live by the values of this organisation, not only are you wrong, but we will find you out.'  

Kaye's representatives and the BBC were approached for comment.