ITV stands by Kaye Adams as she clings on as Loose Women host despite ‘bullying’ storm at the BBC

ITV is standing by Loose Women presenter Kaye Adams after she was suspended from her BBC radio morning show following bullying allegations.

Ms Adams, 62, has been removed from her £155,000-a-year job at BBC Radio Scotland while bosses conduct an inquiry into complaints that she ‘shouted and screamed’ at junior staff.

But ITV is continuing to support Ms Adams by confirming that her role as a regular panellist on Loose Women will remain unchanged and she will continue to host.

Sources told the Daily Mail that Ms Adams’ ITV colleagues and bosses are ‘shocked’ at the situation with the BBC.

One said: ‘Kaye is regarded as one of the more calm members of the Loose Women cast.’

It is believed the complaints were raised under the BBC’s Call It Out scheme to address bad behaviour in the workplace, an initiative set up in the aftermath of the scandal over former MasterChef presenters Gregg Wallace and John Torode.

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ITV is standing by Loose Women presenter Kaye Adams after she was suspended from her BBC radio morning show following bullying allegation

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Ms Adams, 62, has been removed from her £155,000-a-year job at BBC Radio Scotland while bosses conduct an inquiry into complaints that she ‘shouted and screamed’ at junior staff

One senior BBC source confirmed Ms Adams is not expected to return for at least two weeks while the investigation continues.

Ms Adams’ spokesman said ‘no complaints had been presented to her by the BBC’.

He added: ‘Further, she has worked for BBC Radio Scotland for more than 15 years and in that time has never had any issue raised about her.’

Beyond being a presenter on Loose Women for 19 years, Ms Adams also works for the BBC as a freelance presenter as well as hosting her phone-in show on BBC Radio Scotland, a job she has held since 2010.

She occupies the 9am to midday slot several days a week with a show called Mornings With Kaye Adams, but has been off air since October 6.

Sources said she was asked to attend a meeting with the station’s new head of audio, Victoria Easton-Riley, on October 8. A BBC source said: ‘The meeting did not go well… She hasn’t been back since and she’s not been on air.’

BBC Scotland refused to comment on the allegations against Ms Adams, a former Strictly contestant, but confirmed she had not left the organisation.

Another senior BBC Scotland source said: ‘Kaye has been taken off air, she’s gone.

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It is believed the complaints were raised under the BBC’s Call It Out scheme to address bad behaviour in the workplace, an initiative set up in the aftermath of the scandal over former MasterChef presenters Gregg Wallace (pictured) and John Torode

‘There have been complaints about her behaviour, and they’ve removed her while they investigate it. It’s being talked about all over Pacific Quay [BBC Scotland’s headquarters].

‘After the Gregg Wallace fiasco, they’re now getting much tougher on complaints about the talent and are starting to take these things seriously.’

Wallace was sacked after 45 allegations of misconduct against him spanning 19 years were upheld. They included one incident of unwelcome physical contact, three complaints of being in a state of undress and others involving inappropriate sexual, culturally insensitive or racist comments.

He was sacked along with Mr Torode who was found to have used an extremely offensive racist term.

The BBC has been trying to clean up its act following a number of bullying allegations.

One inquiry involving Breakfast host Naga Munchetty is still ongoing, while Strictly Come Dancing has been rocked by scandals.

Ms Adams was on the dance show in 2022, paired with professional dancer Kai Widdrington, and was the first celebrity voted out.

A BBC Radio Scotland source said: ‘The Call It Out campaign is everywhere now and that’s what has prompted people to come forward about Kaye.’

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Junior colleagues have complained that Ms Adams (above) ‘shouted and screamed’ at them

Ms Adams also hosts an independently produced podcast called How To Be 60 but previously admitted lying about her age – knocking a full decade off the real figure – before coming clean.

Last year she won a ten-year battle with HMRC over a £124,000 tax bill, after courts found she was right to be classed as a freelance worker when she hosted the BBC Radio Scotland programme from 2013 to 2017.

During that case it was revealed she was paid £155,000 to present at least 160 programmes for the broadcaster.

Ms Adams supports a number of charities including the Beatson Cancer charity; Kindred, which helps parents of children with complex needs; and family support charity Home-Start Glasgow North and North Lanarkshire.

She lives in Glasgow with her partner, tennis coach Ian Campbell. The couple have two daughters.

She has been replaced on air by Connie McLaughlin.