Huw Edwards is furious with BBC executives over the way the sex photos scandal has been handled, a former colleague said.
It comes as BBC presenter Victoria Derbyshire had allegedly already contacted “multiple individuals” over rumours about Edwards’ behaviour to staff earlier this month, according to The Mirror.
The presenter, 61, has been suspended while allegations he paid a teen for explicit snaps are probed.
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The week-long “who is it?” storm has taken its toll and Edwards is now in hospital with mental health issues.
Former colleague and pal Jon Sopel said: “He was very angry, I think felt very let down by what happened in the Sun, furious with their coverage, not overly impressed with the BBC’s coverage either.”
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Sopel thinks Edwards should be allowed back on TV once he has recovered.
He added: “I think if, at the end of this, what you are left with is someone who had some personal struggles about who he was, what he was, how he lived his life, and he made some ill-considered judgments along the way.
“It would be such a shame if such a talented and gifted broadcaster is lost.”
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Scores of TV stars have shown their concern for Edwards, including Good Morning Britain’s Kate Garraway, who said: “You can just imagine he must be broken.
”Meanwhile, it was claimed Newsnight host Victoria Derbyshire and other BBC staff were already investigating Edwards over his alleged behaviour, including inappropriate or flirtatious messages to junior staff.
BBC director-general Tim Davie is due to be questioned in Parliament about the Beeb’s leadership on Tuesday.
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A BBC source told The Mirror that Derbyshire and Newsnight employers were looking into the alleged behaviour of Edwards before The Sun’s sex pic claims last week.
But they didn’t characterise it as a full-scale investigation.
The source told The Mirror: “It would be wrong to characterise anything before the Sun story was published as an ‘investigation’ – as a general point, in any newsroom, it’s perfectly normal for journalists to receive leads on stories, and take their own very initial soundings on these leads, some of which go on to go through the wider BBC editorial process, and some of which don’t.
“In this case these very initial soundings, which took place in the days before last Friday, developed further after last Friday and resulted in the story you saw last night.”
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