The allegations were reported earlier this week

Loose Women star Kaye Adams has been defended after allegations of “bullying” at her BBC Radio Scotland show.

The TV star, 62, was taken off the air by the radio station earlier this month.

Carol McGiffin defends Kaye Adams amid bullying headlines

According to the Daily Mail, Kaye is said to be “devastated” following allegations that she “shouted and screamed” at “junior staff members” at BBC Radio Scotland.

In her latest column for Best magazine, former Loose Women panelist Carol McGiffin has come to Kaye’s defense.

“I’ve known Kaye Adams for around 25 years. I started working with her in 2000, and even when we weren’t working together, we always stayed in contact.She is a friend and I know her very well. She is the epitome of professionalism and one of the best presenters I’ve ever worked with. So, imagine my shock to read that she h as been suspended from her long-running morning radio show on BBC Scotland,” she wrote.

Carol insisted that some TV stars can be “abominable”, but declared that Kaye isn’t one of them.

“I’ve seen plenty of them treat staff appallingly… but they’re usually awful people to start with. I wish I could name names, but I can tell you Kaye is definitely not one of them,” she added.

Carol praised Kaye stating that is “fiercely intelligent and a pedantic, persistent perfectionist”. However, she added: “Also, she doesn’t like to be wrong, which she is sometimes, although she’d never admit it… Yes, she’s annoying sometimes, but never a bully.”

Kaye Adams ‘devastated’ by allegations

Kaye has worked at the radio station for 15 years. BBC bosses are currently conducting an inquiry into the allegations.

Speaking to the publication, an insider claimed: “Kaye is devastated. She has been completely blindsided by the complaints and is still unsure why this is happening. She has the full support and backing of ITV and her Loose Women co-stars, who have done everything they can to make sure she’s okay.”


Loose Women is said to be backing Kaye Adams (Credit: ITV)

‘She is never horrible’

The source then continued.

“The majority of people who work with Kaye will say she is professional and assertive, but she is never horrible. Many believe her assertiveness may have been taken the wrong way. She has been a journalist her entire career and can be forward in her approach, but that doesn’t make her a bully,” they said.

“She is always polite, even when putting forward ideas about her radio show, which bears her name, so of course she cares about how everything is presented,” they then said.

The source then added that Kaye hasn’t been on the show this week due to scheduling. However, she will be back next week.

ED! has contacted Kaye’s representatives for comment.


Kaye suffered a health scare (Credit: Dr Louise Newson / YouTube)

Loose Women star Kaye Adams on ‘scary’ health emergency

Earlier this month, Kaye opened up about suffering from vertigo after a recent Pilates session, which led her to think she was having a stroke.

Speaking on her How To Be 60 podcast, she said: “Do you know what I’ve had recently? It’s the most bizarre thing. I went to my Pilates recently, the reformer Pilates, I call it disco Pilates, because it’s all bright lights and music.

“And I got off the reformer, and my goodness, the world began to spin. It was like a Tom and Jerry cartoon when there are birds around the head. I was really scared, actually, it was horrible, I thought I was having a stroke. I just couldn’t get my balance,” she then continued.

“I’ve checked it out, and apparently it’s vertigo, and now everyone I speak to has vertigo. I had never even heard of it before then.”

According to the NHS, vertigo is a symptom, rather an a condition. Vertigo makes you feel like everything is spinning around you, enough to affect your balance. It is more than feeling dizzy.