[Radio 1 Schedule Changes]

1 hour ago, bye_bae said:

Hmm...Calvin has a show in Vegas on 2nd of Sept., so it's not possible to be this weekend.?

Unless they're having a Vegas wedding!! ?

[Arielle Free turns up to Dance Anthems drunk]

1 hour ago, BBCAaron said:

If you think it’s unprofessional to express an opinion you might as well to ask the BBC to sack the lot and churn out artificial intelligence programmed radio shows. It’s a music station an entertainment one and presenters are allowed to express opinions on the music they play is it unprofessional for Jack Saunders or Clara Amfo to express a positive opinion on a song or it’s only the bad ones.

If you can’t say you’d expect to hear some better music, as all she was saying she’d expect Charlie to be playing better music than that horse girl song. What can she say? Charlie just needs to loosen up and not to make a thing about it.

 

I see what you're saying - of course we all have our right to an opinion and so does Arielle but it was more about the way she said it rather than what she said as ladybarefoot posted above. It came across as rude/disrespectful and that's why I feel quite strongly about this.

Also to say Charlie should loosen up and not make a thing about it is a bit unfair imo. Charlie can feel however she likes - no one can tell her otherwise as that's her feelings and she's entitled to them. If she felt offended etc then that's her right, you may disagree but no one can tell her how to feel/react.

[Arielle Free turns up to Dance Anthems drunk]

23 minutes ago, AndyK77 said:

But it was personal!  

"Sorry not sold on that one" isn't personal.

The whole "I thought better of you" and about to go on about it is personal.

In the workplace there is a professional way of expressing an opinion and an unprofessional one.

Completely agree - it was an unprofessional way to express her opinion and Charlie had every right to react the way she did. 

[Arielle Free turns up to Dance Anthems drunk]

1 hour ago, Old Codger Fan said:

Just tracked back on this thread to hear the actual incident.

Pretty entertaining radio, albeit in a way nobody would plan for.

Weird shift of attitude from the host - it's all welcome fun until the moment that she gets criticised - then all of a sudden it's the worst thing in the world.

I think Arielle took it too far and as Charlie rightfully said it was a lack of respect to her. Charlie's shift of attitude was fair enough, it became less of a joke and more of a criticism of her music choices - I didn't find arielle's joke funny in the slightest and clearly neither did Charlie and I respect her for standing up for herself.