Radio 1 DJ Arielle Free has been suspended after being pulled off air by Charlie Hedges throughout her Saturday’s Dance Anthems broadcast from the Ibiza Rocks lodge.
Final Saturday, Arielle joined Charlie, 37, as her visitor and in the course of the broadcast, a worse for put on Arielle triggered offence by giving Charlie some unsolicited recommendation about her music alternative.
Arielle got here on the present and issues appeared high-quality at first. Arielle mentioned: ‘Hello, yeah I sound nice do not I? as Charlie laughed.
‘You’ve got sounded higher,’ Charlie responded. ‘However it’s OK.’
Feud: Radio 1 DJ Arielle Free has been suspended after being pulled off air and advised to ‘have some respect’ throughout a row with Charlie Hedges throughout an Ibiza broadcast on July 29
Arielle mentioned: ‘Nicely that is what occurred. You play on Friday and also you play on Saturday after which your voice simply goes.
‘Can I be trustworthy with you Charlie?… I anticipated higher of you… ‘
Charlie interjected: ‘What? To sound higher, such as you?’
Arielle mentioned again: ‘I do not like this track,’ referring to Charlie’s track alternative of Horsegiirl’s My Barn, My Guidelines.
Charlie replied: ‘Oh actually?’
And Arielle responded: ‘I hate it!…[Interrupting further]. I am sorrrryy.’
In that second, an outraged Charlie mentioned: ‘Sorry I’m taking your mic down, it’s my present Arielle, have some respect please.
‘So long. Get out of right here,’ ordering her out of the DJ sales space.
Spat: Arielle had advised Charlie, (pictured): ‘I do not like this track,’ referring to Horsegiirl’s My Barn, My Guidelines and saved interrupting the host earlier than she took her off air (inventory picture)
A spokesperson for Radio 1 advised MailOnline: ‘While we’d not touch upon particular person issues, we have now strict codes of behaviour for employees and presenters, and any breaches are taken extraordinarily significantly.’
Some followers had been mortified by Arielle’s behaviour on the present.
They tweeted: ‘@ariellefree @ahj that was terrible, Charlie did nicely to close you down. Some other job and you’ll be fired!’
‘Present some respect Arielle Free @BBCR1. Nicely executed @charliehedges.’
‘@ariellefree on Monday after @charliehedges present on @BBCR1. Nicely performed Charlie handled it like a boss,’ [alongside a photograph of the job centre).
One thing to say: Listeners had a combined response to the on-air debacle
But others had been group Arielle and praised her for calling out Charlie’s alternative of music.
They penned: ‘Insane that @BBC has suspended @ariellefree. Probably the most gifted DJs round as we speak.’
‘Unquestionably the flawed strategy, however when @ariellefree appears again on this I hope she will take coronary heart that she known as out an actual challenge.
‘The present infantilisation of Dance music – even in Ibiza (!)- feels disrespectful to all the things that got here earlier than.’
And: ‘This entire @ariellefree “state of affairs” on @BBCR1 is really pathetic. Folks getting het up over nothing…’