Former BBC presenter Liz Kershaw has blasted the BBC for its treatment of DJ Steve Wright following the sad news of his death on Tuesday.The star slammed the corporation for the way it handled the exit of the iconic radio host, who was reportedly left devastated two years ago at the decision by BBC bosses to axe his iconic Radio 2 show.And many have said the 69-year-old, whose death was announced yesterday, never got over it.Liz told GBNews this morning: “Well, it makes me feel sick.
It’s shabby, it's hypocritical. They just dumped him.“New management said we’re going to refresh the schedule - and they treat people like tins of beans on a shelf.
I doubt that there was any follow up, or any pastoral care, or any support for him. He didn't need money as he has been one of the highest paid people on air. "But, you know, I wonder if they considered how it affected him.
There are some people for whom fame and attention is their oxygen. "And he was one of those; it was absolutely his life. Steve was so focused and driven and it's their life, that is who they are, and to take it away from somebody and then come back months later and say, ‘We will miss Steve, he was such a professional, he was brilliant, he was the best.’She went on to hosts Eamonn Holmes and Ellie Costello: “I just don't know how they can say that.