Great British Menu's Andi Oliver admits she 'wanted to kill' BBC star and 'would do time'
Andi Oliver has recently opened up about her daughter Miquita's early career in broadcasting as she revealed she "wanted to kill" one BBC star over comments allegedly made about her daughter
Andi Oliver has shared her true feelings towards Chris Moyles
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Great British Menu star Andi Oliver has spoken out in support of her daughter Miquita over comments that radio host Chris Moyles allegedly made about her when she was 16-years-old.
In a wide ranging interview, the TV personality reflected on the challenges and difficulties her daughter faced while she was making a name for herself in showbiz in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
During her recent chat with the I newspaper, the TV star opened up about one specific incident involving radio host Chris Moyles, recalling: "Miquita was 16 and he had a phone-in on his show of: 'Would you shag her?' On Radio One. This would have been around 2000. I wanted to kill him. I still kind of do."
As she grew increasingly angry, she added: "There aren't many people I loathe who I've never met, but I'd do time for that man."
She began hosting the Great British Menu in 2017
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Andi had originally raised Miquita alone, but has been with her partner Garfield Hackett since her daughter was 10-years-old, with the couple then sharing parenting duties.
Miquita was just 16-years-old that she rose to fame while hosting the former Channel 4 show Popworld.
Hosting the show alongside Simon Amstell until 2006, the show saw the pair interview a range of contemporary artists as well as hosting live performances and chatting about the latest celebrity gossip.
Miquita was just a teenager when she began hosting the Channel 4
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After initially finding fame as a teenager, it is probably for her Miss Me? podcast on BBC Sounds alongside her childhood friend, Lily Allen that Miquita is best known.
While radio host Chris Moyles has become one of the most recognisable voices in broadcasting in recent decades, his time at BBC Radio 1 came back in 1997 when he started hosting the early breakfast show.
While he later went on to appear in various other slots on the station, it was in 2004 that he was given his own breakfast show, where he stayed in the role until 2012.
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He has become one of the most well known voices in radio down the years
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After three years away from radio, he was back behind the microphone in 2015 when he began hosting his own show on Radio X, with it airing between 6.30 and 10 a.m. on weekday mornings. He has also made a number of TV appearances down the years with presenting roles on the likes of Big Brother's Big Mouth and Chris Moyles' Quiz Night. Meanwhile, in 2022 he became the sixth contestant to be voted out of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
Chris Moyles has been approached for comment.
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