The former Liverpool defender spent 30 years as a pundit with the corporation
Former BBC Sport presenter Mark Lawrenson has said he thinks his departure from the BBC was down to him being '65 and a white male'.
READ MORE: Greater Manchester borough by borough weather forecast as temperatures to dip with 'significant' winds Lawrenson revealed he should have thought about leaving the show when host Dan Walker left his hosting duties after 12 years in 2021. 'It was a little bit frustrating because she would ask you a question and then move on to the next person and I would want to say something I had just thought of, but I just had to shut up because she was just learning.
He said he became 'anti-woke', and rebelled against the BBC's very safe culture, often driven by much younger co-workers. 'The BBC is the national broadcaster and I get that, but they are frightened to death of upsetting anybody.'
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