Former colleagues and friends of Huw Edwards – who was officially named as the BBC presenter facing allegations over payments for sexually explicit images – have flocked to support the 61-year-old.
Stars including Dan Walker, who hosted the BBC Breakfast show from 2016 until May 2022 took to social media to share their opinion on the most recent scandal.
Walker took to social media to write: “This is an awful situation & will come as a big shock to many. Huw Edwards is clearly not in a good place at the moment and this must be terrible for his family. I just hope that whoever needs help – on all sides of this – gets the time, space & support they need to heal.”
Television presenter and former correspondent for BBC News chimed: “This is an awful and shocking episode, where there was no criminality, but perhaps a complicated private life. That doesn’t feel very private now. I hope that will give some cause to reflect. They really need to. I wish @thehuwedwards well.
Alastair Campbell also took to social media to say: “Like virtually everyone else, I know absolutely nothing about the events that have led to the statement by Huw Edwards’ wife. But I do know that he is a superb broadcaster. I know too that he has a long history of depression. He and I have spoken about it often, including in an interview for @MensHealthUK shortly before the Queen’s death which he covered so brilliantly.
“Precisely because he is both well-known and well-liked he is the perfect target for those who would undermine and indeed would like to destroy the BBC. Nobody should help them
“The police have said no action to be taken, whatever he did or did not do is a matter for him and his family, and for the BBC. The obsession with this story has been a further sign of a media that has frankly become weird. But I hope – almost certainly in vain – that Huw and his family are given the privacy they need and to which they are entitled.
“And the same goes for all others involved in this story. I hope he is getting good care and wish it was available to all who struggle with their mental health.”
