Kaye Adams says the backing she has received since being axed from her Radio Scotland job has been life-affirming. The 63-year-old presenter said the past months had been difficult after the removed her from the £155,000-a-year role in February, following an investigation into allegations of misconduct that she strenuously denies.
Adams has now spoken publicly about the aftermath, saying friends who trust her, have faith in her and stand by her have been the most amazing thing to come out of it. She said she is really grateful for the support she has had from several quarters, and described the response from her Loose Women colleagues as life-affirming.
That reaction matters because Adams had already been suspended in October while the inquiry was under way, before the decision to remove her from the radio gig after some 15 years in the job. She has spent a total of 20 years on Loose Women and has been a regular anchor since the show began in 1999, so the public support came from a circle that has watched her career over decades.
The messages from her colleagues were unusually direct. Stacey Solomon wrote, “One of the kindest women in telly. I love you Kaye.” Jane Moore said she had worked with Adams on and off for nearly 30 years and had only ever seen her be kind and supportive to junior staff, while Sunetra Sarker described her as a remarkable, professional and kind colleague who is as fair as they come.
There is still one gap at the heart of the case: the specific misconduct allegations behind the investigation have not been spelled out publicly here, and Adams continues to deny them. Moore also said dozens of people who work or had worked with Adams wrote to Scotland to back her, but it did not appear to change the outcome, leaving the dismissal as the final decision for now.
Adams, who shares two grown-up daughters, Charly and Bonnie, with her long-term partner, tennis coach Ian Campbell, now faces the aftermath of a job loss that has already run through suspension, investigation and dismissal. The unanswered question is not whether she had support — she clearly did — but why that support, even from so many inside her own world, was not enough to keep her on the payroll.
