‘Worse for wear’ Radio 1 DJ Arielle Free is suspended after being kicked off air and told to ‘have some respect’ after telling host her choice of music was bad during live Ibiza broadcast
Radio 1 DJ Arielle Free has been suspended after being pulled off air by Charlie Hedges during her Saturday’s Dance Anthems broadcast from the Ibiza Rocks hotel.
Scottish D, Arielle, 36, who joined the BBC in 2019, will now not be hosting the early breakfast show this week after she was told to ‘have some respect.’
Last Saturday, Arielle joined Charlie, 37, as her guest and during the broadcast, a worse for wear Arielle caused offence by giving Charlie some unsolicited advice about her music choice and interrupting her.
Arielle came on the show and things appeared fine at first. She said to Charlie: ‘Hi, yeah I sound great don’t I? as Charlie laughed.
‘You’ve sounded better,’ Charlie responded. ‘But it’s OK.’
Feud: Radio 1 DJ Arielle Free has been suspended after being pulled off air and told to ‘have some respect’ during a row with Charlie Hedges during an Ibiza broadcast on July 29
Arielle said: ‘Well this is what happened. You play on Friday and you play on Saturday and then your voice just goes.’
She went on: ‘Can I be honest with you Charlie?… I expected better of you… ‘
Charlie interjected: ‘What? To sound better, like you?’
Arielle said back: ‘I don’t like this song,’ referring to Charlie’s song choice of HorsegiirL’s My Barn, My Rules.
Charlie replied: ‘Oh really?’
And Arielle responded: ‘I hate it!…[Interrupting further]. I’m sorrrryy.’
In that moment, an outraged Charlie said: ‘Sorry I’m taking your mic down, it’s my show Arielle, have some respect please.
‘See you later. Get out of here,’ ordering her out of the DJ booth.
Spat: Arielle had told Charlie, (pictured): ‘I don’t like this song,’ referring to Horsegiirl’s My Barn, My Rules and kept interrupting the host before she took her off air (stock image)
A spokesperson for Radio 1 told MailOnline: ‘Whilst we would not comment on individual matters, we have strict codes of behaviour for staff and presenters, and any breaches are taken extremely seriously.’
Some fans were mortified by Arielle’s behaviour on the show.
They tweeted: ‘@ariellefree @ahj that was awful, Charlie did well to shut you down. Any other job and you would be fired!’
‘Show some respect Arielle Free @BBCR1. Well done @charliehedges.’
‘@ariellefree on Monday after @charliehedges show on @BBCR1. Well played Charlie dealt with it like a boss,’ [alongside a photo of the job centre).
Something to say: Listeners had a mixed response to the on-air debacle
Radio star: Charlie famously got her big break on KISS FM – and In 2018, she moved over to the BBC to replace Charlie Sloth’s mid-evening slot, which later moved to the mid-morning section. Charlie now presents Saturday’s Dance Anthems
Neigh good can come from it: HorsegiirL – the artist whose music prompted the disagreement, is a DJ, producer and songwriter who wears an equine mask to DJ.
Who is Arielle Free?
Scottish DJ Arielle, 36, famously co-hosted the official Love Island podcast Love Island: The Morning After since 2018.
She joined BBC Radio 1 in 2019 to host the early weekend breakfast slot and tours the world as a celebrated Electronic house DJ.
She now hosts Monday to Thursday earlies and is the voice of Radio 1’s Dance live stream and can be heard on the stage 35 hours a week.
In January 2022, she released the single Soul Full that she produced with Bristol music duo Mortimer. The song features vocals by Joe Killington
Yet others declared themselves Team Arielle and praised her for calling out Charlie’s ‘infantilised’ choice of music.
They penned: ‘Insane that @BBC has suspended @ariellefree. One of the most talented DJs around today.’
‘Unquestionably the wrong approach, but when @ariellefree looks back on this I hope she can take heart that she called out a real issue.
‘The current infantilisation of Dance music – even in Ibiza (!)- feels disrespectful to everything that came before.’
And: ‘This whole @ariellefree “situation” on @BBCR1 is truly pathetic. People getting het up over nothing…’
HorsegiirL – the artist whose music prompted the disagreement, is a DJ, producer and songwriter who wears an equine mask to DJ.
The name HorsegiirL – is purposefully spelled with an extra ‘I’ and capital ‘L’ – is known as Stella to her friends.
According to Horse And Hound, she represents ‘a new wave of electronic artists that prioritise the fun and kitschy, that counters the more serious approach that often permeates the electronic music scene’.
The BBC took a host of names out to Ibiza for the Dance Weekend, including Vick Hope and Jordan North.
Sunny trip: The BBC also took hosts Jordan North, (left) and Vick Hope (right), to the to the white isle to present their BBC Radio 1 show during Dance Weekend
Cute: Vick (third from right) also shared a rare snap with her fiancé Calvin Harris partying in Ibiza during that time
DJ Arielle famously co-hosted the official Love Island podcast Love Island: The Morning After since 2018.
She joined BBC Radio 1 in 2019 to host the early weekend breakfast slot. She now hosts Monday to Thursday earlies and is the voice of Radio 1’s Dance stream.
Charlie famously got her big break on KISS FM. In January 2016, where she launched the music podcast Skiddle to Mixcloud.
She hosted the KISS FM Breakfast Show for 10 years with Rickie and Melvin.
Then, in 2018, they moved over to the BBC to replace Charlie Sloth’s mid-evening slot, which later moved to the mid-morning section.
Charlie now presents Saturday’s Dance Anthems.
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