TV personality Richard Bacon has revealed how Amazon’s Alexa almost told his children about his historic cocaine use.
Richard was fired from Blue Peter in 1998 after admitting to taking the Class A drug while on a night out.
The 44-year-old explained how robot PA Alexa nearly spilled all about his past when his two young children asked her to tell them about daddy.
Richard, who married marketing manager Rebecca McFarlane in 2008, said: “I am sitting in a room in my house in Los Angeles and there is one of those Amazon Alexas next to me and my kids said, ‘Oh Alexa, who is Richard Bacon?’
“And it comes up straight away, ‘Richard Bacon is an English television presenter.
“He was fired from Blue Peter in 1998 for taking…”
Richard’s children almost found out about his drugs scandal via Alexa (Image: Richard Bacon/Instagram)
Horrified, the star quickly tried to shut the robot down.
He continued: “I jumped in and said, ‘Alexa stop. Stop’.
“They said, ‘What are you saying stop for? Why did you get fired?’. And then they asked again.:”
Richard was on Blue Peter in the 90s before being fired (Image: WireImage)
In 2018, Richard returned to Blue Peter to celebrate the show’s 60th anniversary.
Posting to Twitter at the time, the reflective star gushed: “I’ve hosted a lot of shows in a lot of places.
“And yet the one I have the most affection for is the one I got fired from. Happy Birthday Blue Peter. I love you.”
Richard says Blue Peter has a special place in his heart despite his short time on the show (Image: Getty Images)
Richard was on Blue Peter from 1997 until 1998.
He co-hosted the show alongside Konnie Huq, Katy Hill and Stuart Miles.
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
