Opening up: Chris Moyles has shared candid details about his shock exit from Radio 1 ten years ago in Monday

Chris Moyles has shared candid details about his shock exit from Radio 1 ten years ago in Monday’s episode of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!.

Speaking to his campmate Matt Hancock, 44, Chris, 48, revealed how he first learned he was getting the axe when he was called into an urgent meeting.

He claimed he was told in the meeting that they would imminently announce that Nick Grimshaw would be taking over his radio show after 15 years, much to his upset.

Opening up: Chris Moyles has shared candid details about his shock exit from Radio 1 ten years ago in Monday's episode of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!

Opening up: Chris Moyles has shared candid details about his shock exit from Radio 1 ten years ago in Monday's episode of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!

Opening up: Chris Moyles has shared candid details about his shock exit from Radio 1 ten years ago in Monday’s episode of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!

Chris fumed that he was left ‘cross’ after his sudden exit as they handled it ‘badly’ by giving him mere hours notice, but admitted: ‘Everything happens for a reason.’

‘I knew that Radio 1 is a conveyor belt and you might be there for a year or you might be there for 15 years, but you’re going to fall off the end at some point,’ Chris began. 

Former health secretary Matt commented that ‘politics is like that,’ before asking Chris for more details on his exit.

Claiming he asked for the chance to reveal his sudden exit himself, he continued: ‘I left happy, I was a bit cross after I left and I was cross… they handled it so badly, so badly.’

Shock: Speaking to his campmate Matt Hancock, 44, Chris, 48, revealed how he first learned he was getting the axe when he went into an urgent meeting

Shock: Speaking to his campmate Matt Hancock, 44, Chris, 48, revealed how he first learned he was getting the axe when he went into an urgent meeting

Shock: Speaking to his campmate Matt Hancock, 44, Chris, 48, revealed how he first learned he was getting the axe when he went into an urgent meeting

Fuming: He claimed he was told in the meeting that they would imminently announce that Nick Grimshaw would be taking over his radio show after 15 years, much to his upset

Fuming: He claimed he was told in the meeting that they would imminently announce that Nick Grimshaw would be taking over his radio show after 15 years, much to his upset

Fuming: He claimed he was told in the meeting that they would imminently announce that Nick Grimshaw would be taking over his radio show after 15 years, much to his upset 

‘So I went in with my agent and the controller and we sit down and he goes, “Look, this isn’t very easy, I think it’s time we wrapped the show up. We’re going to announce in the news at half 10 that Nick Grimshaw’s taking over”.’

Chris said things got heated between the controller and his agent before he decided that he wanted to announce himself that he was leaving the radio show.  

‘I said to the boss, ”You can’t do that.” He goes, ”well if we don’t do that, it’ll get out.” I said, ‘Well up until 60 seconds ago, I didn’t know about it. So, after 15 years, you can’t do that. I have to announce that I’m coming off the breakfast show and we have to work out what’s happening.’

He said the next day, they finished the show and made the announcement. 

Cross: Chris fumed that he was left 'cross' after his sudden exit as they handled it 'badly' and gave him mere hours notice, but admitted: 'Everything happens for a reason'

Cross: Chris fumed that he was left 'cross' after his sudden exit as they handled it 'badly' and gave him mere hours notice, but admitted: 'Everything happens for a reason'

Cross: Chris fumed that he was left ‘cross’ after his sudden exit as they handled it ‘badly’ and gave him mere hours notice, but admitted: ‘Everything happens for a reason’

Career: Former health secretary Matt commented that 'politics is like that,' before asking Chris for more details on his exit

Career: Former health secretary Matt commented that 'politics is like that,' before asking Chris for more details on his exit

Career: Former health secretary Matt commented that ‘politics is like that,’ before asking Chris for more details on his exit

‘I was just like, ”Okay, alright.” But, they gave us three months to say goodbye, which was great. So I said, ”you know, thanks for everything, cheers”.’

Chris said he then took a year off work and went to Los Angeles for a month and soon met his partner, Tiff. 

‘Yeah, so everything happens for a reason,’ he said. 

Chris in the Bush Telegraph added: ‘When you do the breakfast show on Radio 1 you get these amazing opportunities coming your way, but you always know in the back of your head, one day that will finish.’ 

Snubbed: Chris hosted The Chris Moyles Show on Radio 1 from January 2004 to September 2012 was famously snubbed to make way for new breakfast slot host Nick Grimshaw

Snubbed: Chris hosted The Chris Moyles Show on Radio 1 from January 2004 to September 2012 was famously snubbed to make way for new breakfast slot host Nick Grimshaw

Snubbed: Chris hosted The Chris Moyles Show on Radio 1 from January 2004 to September 2012 was famously snubbed to make way for new breakfast slot host Nick Grimshaw

Shock news: Chris, 48, revealed how he first learned he was getting the axe by going into an urgent meeting, but wanted to announce the news on his own terms

Shock news: Chris, 48, revealed how he first learned he was getting the axe by going into an urgent meeting, but wanted to announce the news on his own terms

Shock news: Chris, 48, revealed how he first learned he was getting the axe by going into an urgent meeting, but wanted to announce the news on his own terms

‘So when it did finish, to do the musical, to do my own tour, and then meet my future girlfriend – then my life changed entirely. So, no regrets, all happy, it’s been a good journey so far.’

Back in 2020, Chris hit out at the BBC station as a number of longstanding presenters were axed. 

Chris hosted The Chris Moyles Show on Radio 1 from January 2004 to September 2012 was famously snubbed to make way for new breakfast slot host Nick Grimshaw, and has been open about his chagrin for the BBC network’s tendencies to ‘drop’ their talent.

He said following the news that Dev Griffin, Huw Stephens and Phil Taggart had been axed: ‘Radio 1 is a conveyor belt, and at some time you will fall off it, because of age or not being relevant any more.’

As reported by The Sun, he said: ‘The story goes I was too old for the show. I was 38 when they took us off. They recently hired some DJs who were that age.

Hitting out: Back in 2020, Chris hit out at the BBC station as a number of longstanding presenters were axed

Hitting out: Back in 2020, Chris hit out at the BBC station as a number of longstanding presenters were axed

Hitting out: Back in 2020, Chris hit out at the BBC station as a number of longstanding presenters were axed

‘The show is yours for a while – it is like renting a house for a bit.’

Speaking to Ross Kemp on his podcast The Kempcast over the summer, Chris – who now hosts at Radio X – said of his unceremonious exit from Radio 1: ‘I was a bit miffed that the story that went out was that I was too old and I had got fired.

‘I knew I wasn’t going to be doing that show for ever. I thought they handled it really badly.

‘Then when [Grimshaw’s] show failed and the listening figures fell, I was like, “Not that f-ing easy, is it boys?”

‘Not aimed at Nick but at Radio 1 in general. The show lost a million-and-a-half almost overnight. They didn’t get them back!’

Chris was supposedly scolded for ‘talking too much’ on his show, and went on to add: ‘They had an advert for Nick’s show which went, “Now with added music…”, which was clearly a p**s-take about how much we would talk on the show.

‘I was like, OK, the most successful Breakfast Show you’ve ever had, with the most listeners you’ve had in over a decade, that’s a bit of an F you to us and eight million listeners. OK, f**k you back!’

MailOnline has contacted the BBC for comment, in relation to this story. 

I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! continues tomorrow at 9.15pm (Tuesday) on ITV and ITV Hub.

Looking back: Chris spoke to his campmate Matt Hancock, 44, on I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! on Monday

Looking back: Chris spoke to his campmate Matt Hancock, 44, on I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! on Monday

Looking back: Chris spoke to his campmate Matt Hancock, 44, on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! on Monday

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