Edith Bowman has revealed she was left 'speechless' and feeling 'incredibly let down' by Radio 1 bosses as she claims she was 'edged out' of the station prior to her axe.
The radio presenter hosted the BBC Radio 1 afternoon slot from August 2004 until July 2009, when she was moved to Weekend Breakfast. Edith said the decision to move her to a quieter slot 'absolutely floored her'.
The 48-year-old was then axed from the station completely in 2014. She has since gone on to host a weekend morning show on BBC 6 Music, as well as her own podcast.
She said she was "absolutely floored" when the BBC cancelled her show.
"Lies and deceit are extremely strong words, but the discussions I'd been having with my boss at the time about my future were very far from what I was being told in the meeting.
"The conversation was the opposite of what I was expecting and it absolutely floored me. So I just felt incredibly let down because I'd given everything I had," she told Psychologies magazine.
She added: "At the time I was too speechless and upset about it."
Edith said she would "be more honest" about how she felt if the incident were to happen again.
After being moved to the weekend slot, the mum-of-two was replaced and moved to Tuesday night's The Review Show in 2012.
Edith said: "I knew that I was being edged out by Radio 1, but The Review Show ended up being one of the most joyous experiences I had in my time there."
She said she believes bosses saw the move as a demotion, but it ended up being exactly what she had been looking for.
Edith said she was then able to leave the station "on a high".
Radio 1 has told The Mirror: "As we said at the time, Edith was one of a number of departures announced in June 2014 to enable Radio 1 & 1Xtra to deliver some of the savings they were being asked to make as part of the wider BBC’s financial challenges following the Licence Fee settlement."
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