His tweet was slammed by a host of famous faces, including Labour MP Jess Phillips, actor Danny John-Jules and tv presenter Charlene WhiteThere were also claims from others accusing the BBC of double standards, after they failed to sack Alan Sugar after he compared the Senegal football team to beach sellers in Spain.One wrote today: 'Without question Danny Baker's tweet was in incredibly bad taste. We all have momentary lapses. He knew it was racist, thought it was funny and posted it anyway. 'I have made a full apology. 'BBC need to do the right thing. Posting a picture of their son as a monkey is beyond belief! I get it. We are no longer accepting comments on this article.Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group This was a serious error of judgment and goes against the values we as a station aim to embody. 'I'm not responsible for a bloke who breaks down and cries after I've picked him up because he's having a go at one of the girls in there,' he said.Baker made his name as a journalist on the punk fanzine Sniffin' Glue before going on to work at NME and launching a career in TV and radio.Also known as a scriptwriter for his friend Chris Evans, he became a roving reporter for London ITV magazine programme The Six O'Clock Show and presented programmes such as Win, Lose Or Draw and Pets Win Prizes.But he previously told Desert Island Discs: 'I don't feel that's somehow lucky when you look around at some of the half-wits and boss-eyed bozos who people this business and they are running departments. Yes of course I've made a full apology. I was trying to make a point about class and it's just preposterous.' 'I would have put it up for anyone.

And that's it.Twitter users called on the BBC to sack him following the tweet, which came just hours after Prince Harry and Meghan revealed baby Archie to the worldBaker, who has appeared on ITV's I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!
I have plenty of them. despite being the last person in. 'It was red sauce, always' in reference to a game played on his show.In a follow up post he added: 'The call to fire me from @bbc5live was a masterclass of pompous faux-gravity.

His 'mind is not diseased!' 'And another added 'Dear BBC, why did you not sack Alan Sugar then? But I don't think that was his attitude. We should all have done more to delegitimize racism and prejudice in our politics. It was monkey in a top hat or something. added: ''Was supposed to be joke about royals vs circus animals in posh clothes but interpreted as about monkeys & race, so rightly deleted.Baby Archie made his very first public appearance at a photocall alongside a thrilled Prince Harry and Meghan in the grounds of Windsor Castle yesterday'Royal watching not my forte. One wrote today: 'Without question Danny Baker's tweet was in incredibly bad taste. 'ITV News anchor Charlene White described Baker's comments as 'old-school prejudice and racism at its peak' and said it was 'unacceptable' for a 'trusted broadcaster working at a public service broadcaster to feed that prejudice'. You are marched into the bosses office. Baker told MailOnline today about the moment he was sacked: 'Basically they said to me 'you meant that tweet' I said to them 'you think so?Standing on the doorstep of his £2million house in a dressing gown this morning, Baker, 61, told MailOnline he was 'shocked at my own foolishness. 'Moment Donald Trump is escorted out press conference by secret service as White House goes into lockdown over 'active shooter' outside... but returns minutes later to reveal they 'SHOT suspect' Alyssa Milano, 47, shows shocking hair loss 'from COVID-19' as she reveals she's considered a 'long hauler' after feeling symptoms in April and says 'Wear a damn mask' Princes William and Harry are trying to mend 'hurtful' rift and 'make their way back to each other but it will take some time' Finding Freedom author claimsNew US COVID-19 cases drop to the lowest in a month after infections surpass 5 million and spread slows rapidly in previously out- of-control sunbelt statesCould your mask help SPREAD coronavirus?

'Danny's a brilliant broadcaster but will no longer be presenting a weekly show with us. 'Comedian London Hughes, who has worked alongside Baker previously, suggested Baker 'knew full well' how his tweet could be interpreted.She said: 'Danny Baker (a man I've worked with in the past) knew full well what that tweet was suggesting.
'But what I can't do, is where the sacking on what grounds saying, 'Oh, it was only a joke,' - it wasn't only a joke, it was a mistake, a real huge blunder.'


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