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Posted by Thandiubani on Thu 09th May, 2019 - tori.ng

A BBC reporter has lost his job after tweeting a controversial tweet about the royal baby on Twitter.

Danny Baker's racist tweet

Danny Baker has been fired from the BBC after seemingly comparing the Royal Baby to a Chimpanzee, Metro UK has reported.

The 61-year-old broadcaster last night shared a picture of a couple leaving a hospital, holding hands with a chimpanzee, with the caption: ‘Royal baby leaving hospital.’

He deleted the tweet and insisted he didn’t have any racist intent.

Danny Baker

According to reports, controller Jonathan Wall told all 5 Live staff in an email: ‘Danny made a serious error of judgement on social media last night and it goes against the values we live and breathe on this radio station.’