{"id":449553,"date":"2023-12-18T21:16:46","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T21:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/totalcelnews.com\/?p=449553"},"modified":"2023-12-18T21:16:46","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T21:16:46","slug":"miriam-margolyes-says-bbc-bosses-are-monstrous-for-expecting-people-to-shut-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totalcelnews.com\/celebrities\/miriam-margolyes-says-bbc-bosses-are-monstrous-for-expecting-people-to-shut-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Miriam Margolyes says BBC bosses are monstrous for expecting people to shut up"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good Morning Britain panel debates Gary Lineker comments<\/h3>\n

Miriam Margolyes has vowed to continue speaking her mind even if it means she could no longer be employed by the BBC as she defended Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker. The Harry Potter actress, 82, said she is \u201ctotally in favour\u201d of Gary and encouraged him to keep speaking out.<\/p>\n

She told Times Radio\u2019s Jane Garvey and Fi Glover: \u201cI worked for the BBC all my life from the very beginning of my career, and I have never shut up. So, if the BBC chooses not to employ me anymore, well, I’ll be deeply sad, but I think they’re wrong…<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you speak when you’re doing your job for the BBC, then you should, but if you are a person at home being interviewed, then you should say what you think. I think it’s monstrous to expect people to shut up.\u201d<\/p>\n

The comedian added that she\u2019s noticed \u201ca lot of contracts\u201d from film companies have tried to \u201cmuzzle\u201d their employees.<\/p>\n

Miriam concluded: \u201cIn a lot of contracts that I’m offered recently from film companies, nothing to do with the BBC, that they want you not to talk about your salary. How dare they try to muzzle their employees? I find that really scary.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Her comments come after Gary, 63, faced fresh criticism after backing a campaign criticising the government\u2019s Rwanda policy.<\/p>\n

Defence Secretary Grant Shapps said Gary should \u201cstick to TV\u201d and questioned whether he should express political views.<\/p>\n

In response, the BBC said the father-of-four is “free to contribute to projects for third parties, as long as these do not conflict with his BBC commitments, breach guidelines on conflicts of interest; nor bring the BBC into disrepute”.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, the former footballer was at the centre of an impartiality row after he compared the government\u2019s treatment of asylum seekers to \u201cNazi Germany\u201d.<\/p>\n

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