After making a crude joke to a woman live on stage, Pat Sharp, who is best known for hosting the 90s children’s program Fun House, abruptly axed from his radio show.
Radio DJ and Fun House host Pat Sharp was axed from his radio show after making a ‘humiliating’ joke that saw him lose his job. The TV legend, best known for being the face of the 90’s childrens show fun house, presented his segment on Greatest Hits Radio from 2019.
However the 63-year-old had made a joke to a woman live on stage at an awards show where he reportedly jibed about “getting on your t**ts” and handed her a T-shirt with his face on it, according to Daily Mail. The T-shirt had an old photo of Pat with his classic mullet hairdo and the caption: ‘Pat Sharp – AS SEEN ON FUN HOUSE – LOOKING SHARP SINCE 1982’.
However, she later claimed she was “violated” in front of around 400 coworkers and friends on social media in 2023 and that the joke backfired. She remarked, “I wasn’t really processing what happened, and I was in total shock.” I’m having trouble with it right now because I feel depressed, dirty, and, to be honest, violated.
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The radio DJ was abruptly cut off from the air when Greatest Hits Radio announced that his contract was about to expire at the end of the month and that they had chosen not to renew. He was told to leave the show immediately, and they did so.
A decision was already made to not renew Pat’s contract, which expires later this month, according to a spokesperson for Bauer, the owner of Greatest Hits Radio. We have now come to our attention on this problem, but Pat and I have come to terms with it.
In a statement issued to The Sun, Pat said: “I made a joke on stage which was not well received. I upset one individual in particular and for that I am truly sorry. I apologised at the event to anyone who was offended and I have apologised to the individual personally too.”
Other than Greatest Hits, Pat has previously hosted programmes on Radio 1, Capital FM, Smooth Radio and Heart, as well as presented some episodes of music TV show Top Of The Pops in the 1980s. Since the incident, Pat has stayed under the radar but has been keeping fans updated with his life on Instagram. He posts snapshots of him with his grandchildren and some throwback pictures of him in his heyday.
In a post with the hashtag “Grandkids galore,” the grandad shared dozens of photos of his grandchildren enjoying themselves in the pool, playing games, and wandering the park. Pat appeared to be enjoying trips to the beach in Watergate Bay in Cornwall with his wife Monica when he wasn’t with his grandkids for a while in Windermere, in the Lake District, in July.
Earlier this month Pat was advertising an 80s tribute gig Ultimate 80’s Reloaded in Torquay with himself alongside another DJ Max Corderoy. Sharing tickets to book on his Facebook page, the event described itself as “non-stop nostalgia” with “a pulsating mix of 80’s hits”.
Pat participated in a number of other events earlier this year, including May’s Music in the Park in Leyland, Lancashire, and May’s Butlin’s Big Weekenders and Let’s Rock Leeds retro festival.
In September of this year, a previous version of this story was released.
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Source: Mirror
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