I have depression (among other mental health issues) - they have made me neglect myself and my home, ignore the world and treat myself very badly, but they have NEVER turned me into a sexual predator
We can be unwell/suffer depression and still easily have morality towards others. I'm not trying to glorify/"big-up" myself at all here, but those of us that genuinely have depression can often be more thoughtful when acting towards others - be understand how "the small things" add up, overwhelm and make life harder - we can be a lot more cautious about inflicting harm on others. Hue's just a predator, hiding behind a mask and most likely a BBC (tax payer)/privately funded diagnosis that's incredibly convenient and frankly disingenuous at best - if not outright contempt for those of us that genuinely suffer.
@@SA-ff9uc 4 individuals allege he caused them distress. Now more in people the BBC. It's not for you or I do say is this is legitimate or not. It's not illegal on count 1, at the moment, but at the very least, it's a massive abuse of power, paid for by the public purse.
@@waheex He sent somebody a picture of a heart and gifted somebody a massive amount of money. Where is the massive abuse of power? He's a newsreader, he doesn't really have any power. Aren't you concerned about how the corrupt former Prime minister used his power to sleep with young blond women? These people really are abusing their power.
'Oh poor Hugh!' the media cry. But if Huw's 'sin' had been just one Tweet against trans or migrants or Pride, the media would be crucifying him, allowing NO excuse, not even depression. It's all part of trying to normalise 'Minor Attraction' that this one particular instance the orchestrated trend is all about tolerating him as a 'victim' of his 'minor attraction'.
I guarantee you, the same people asking for "compassion" and saying "what about his mental health!?" are the exact same people who would be polishing the gallows and readying the noose had this story been about somebody like Nigel Farage.
I never expected the British press to have such egregious double standards. When Prince Harry and his wife were talking about mental health issues the press went at them like vultures. But Huw Edwards interacting strangely with a minor and then claims to suffer from depression is being given the most precious treatment. Treat all subjects the same to at least attempt to be objective and thus credible.
Exactly. The common denominator is the nature of the 'crime'. 'Oh poor Hugh!' the media cry. But if Huw's 'sin' had been just ONE Tweet against trans or migrants or Pride, the media would be crucifying him, allowing NO excuse, not even depression. It's all part of trying to normalise 'Minor Attraction' that this one particular instance the orchestrated trend is all about tolerating him as a 'victim' of his 'minor attraction'.
The police said nothing to see here.. I'm sorry to be the one to break it to you but 18 is not a minor...she is a teenager or a woman since she can vote , get married and have children!!.❤️🇬🇧
didn't you watch the video? He wanted to make it public because he thinks he's done nothing wrong, but the BBC wont let him until the investigation is finished.
How can you engender faith in a person who will solicit pictures from a 17yrs old- 40yrs Junior to Huw Edwards. It may not be illegal but it is morally incorrect
@@tinkabell339 ok, well I am happy to elucidate you. At the age of 17 I was encouraged by my older friends to go to a club in Brighton, it turned out to be a gay club, which is cool, what wasn't cool is i awoke to being sucked off by a guy. The point is at the age of 17 you are not/should not be considered able to to be used by an older man
Huw is in hospital, for depression. Well he SHOULD be feeling depressed! He's finally been exposed as the pervert he is. Like Schofield, both persons have created a public image/persona of a decent, respectful, moral person, who have commented on, and criticised many others - for far more trivial issues. It IS in the public interest for us to know that these people are in fact seriously dishonest and immoral. It totally changes my perception of Huw, and I won't watch anything he is involved in again. It's important not to support those who prey on young people, with the intention of abusing their naivety. It absolutely IS in the public interest - and we DO have the right to be informed!
Can you believe that guy defending Huw Edwards and attacking the newspaper in name of political bent? Very disturbing. If he did it, it is disgusting. Additionally 'mental issues' are not an excuse.
One would have to be naive to believe that this Sun attack has nothing at all to do with the Murdoch's long held aim to destroy the BBC. That does not invalidate the story but its reporting has been irresponsible.
what are you on about? Campbell is absolutley bang on. do you have NO IDEA of what is going on here? what you think about what he might have done, or not, is... guess what, IRRELEVANT. hav eyou learned nothing about the behaviour of the nutjobs we have in government? morals that most people have would not come into their heads. and yes, mental health is not an EXCUSE, but it is possilby a REASON. ffs.
the usual soothsayers telling us not to rush to judgement, Alastair Campbell should be in prison for misleading the British Public over Iraq why does he still a voice on public broadcasting?
Yeah it's nauseating how everyone forgets his crucial contribution to doctoring the intelligence reports so that Blair could mislead parliament and take us into a disastrous war.
What makes these famous people risk everything to do this Sicko Depression doesn’t make you act like this . My understanding is it affects people the opposite way.
People like him are driven by their perversions to such an extent that they are unable to control them. Plus, he probably got a thrill out of taking such a huge risk.
The BBC are a Criminal Organisation especially for child sexual abusers and it should be closed down immediately. The British people should all refuse to pay the BBC TV license fee and demand that the government defunds or abolishes the BBC altogether. We must do everything possible to protect and save our children from these sexual predators from the Criminal Organisation known as the BBC.
Hmm ok then... so a news presenter who certainly isn’t short of money pulls out the mental health card when he is caught out for soliciting a young lad and everyone is sympathetic towards him but try telling people you’re depressed and have severe mental health issues as a member of the general public and all you get is “snap out of it” “pull yourself together” “Depression isn’t real bro just laugh”. I hate the world.
Literally nothing you've said is accurate. If the people around you say that to you after you've had a medical diagnosis for clinical depression, as in by a doctor, then you need to get yourself away from those people quick as you can.
That's because depression is for the rich. Us ordinary people have no time to acknowledge dying inside as we go through day to day trying to survive physically in a society that is not too kind to penniless people.
I thought it was that Jon Kay. He went to 2 weeks leave around the same time. The Sun wrote 2 stories about it referring to 'fans' on social media making comments. I thought Jon had found a Only Fans girl! 😊 2±2=5 😉
@@Sundae_Times The fact the teen's gender hasn't been mentioned makes me assume it a male. They don't want to get flack for publicly outing him, I suppose.
@@CelticSaint Truth be told I didn't but that made me an anti-vaxxer (recieved all the vaccines sadly) and black sheep, and that's not allowed anymore...
Just looks to me like a cover up of his bad behaviour by telling everyone he has depression so he can take a step away from the public eye for awhile without having to explain himself fully.
What a load of horse raddish. He could have used 35k to go on a retreat, pay a therapist, sort out private care. He could of given me 35k I could have given him a value for money slap!
Yeah, what a weird coincidence that someone with a known history of depression had a serious mental health episode while being the subject of intense and hostile tabloid and social media speculation. I wonder if there's some connection?
@AndorianBlues weird coincidence that a 61 year old with depression pervs over vulnerable young kids online, feeds their drug addiction, and then claims to be a victim when caught. I'm getting the word.. narcissist
Privacy of the family! She is concerned about him and her family. what about the victim and the other children. he should be charged. he is now mentally ill good game.
Detectives from the Met Police have ended their inquiry into a BBC presenter and determined there is no evidence a criminal offense has been committed. Do keep up.
"Reporting this story is in the public interest. What? No we won't take our evidence to the police, we just thought we'd publish it and let the court of public opinion crucify him" - The Sun, apparently
@@keithleivers4061 I know it's a wild concept but that's a decision for the police to make, they've said they see no evidence of wrong doing, seems like he's pretty innocent to me 🤷 You don't get to hang someone just because they *_seem_* like the kind of person who would do a crime
@@Imperial_Squid”You don’t get to hang someone just because they seem like the kind of person who would do a crime.” Say it louder for the people in the back!
" Difficult for our family, his mental health, protect our children" Ah right, so they are the victims here... Apparantly mr. Edwards himself thought these things were somehow less important than his own lusts and desires. Typical that these matters only ever become so important when someone gets caught in the act, eh?
Bravo I back your words exactly. Sadly already the do Gooders are defending him, he will be sorry right now but at the time of all his sleaze he was not sorry in anyway
The BBC is a Criminal Organisation which must be stopped immediately from victimising and sexually abusing our children. Everyone must now stop paying the BBC TV license fee and demand that the government defunds or abolishes the BBC immediately for their obscene disgusting behaviour towards our children.
The bbc is a propaganda tool for the government, if charging him would cause a public uproar and general unrest thus upsetting, the governments ability to be able to use the bbc as a " reliable source of spreading propaganda" Then they'd simply come to the conclusion that it's not in the public interest to prosecute or pursue this any further. One must keep in mind, the police, military are all here to protect the government first and the population second.
@@Davao420 If the police wanted to know what has happened then they would seize his devices with which he can connect to the internet and examine them. Everything is there. Standard police practice.
Is this British Law? "It is also an offence under the Criminal Justice Act 1988 to possess an indecent photograph of someone under the age of 18, even if the photos were distributed after the person in them turned 18. For anyone to be convicted in a case of that sort, a jury would have to consider the image to be “indecent”."
Devil's advocate here, not saying a man of his age contacting a teenager is right at all, but, legally, if there is evidence she led him to believe she was 18 (and she's close enough for that to be achievable), would the police and a judge take that into consideration? Again totally wrong if he's skulking around at his age during pandemic cheating on his wife with a teen, it's the legal curiosity
So, you guys (especially BornPariah) are saying the the 'Sun' (the newspaper which broke THIS story, here) was distributing "cp" to the public for decades?!? ....Ever heard of the 'Page 3 girls', who were photographed topless and featured for the reading public to see on their "page 3" (which you couldn't see unless you purchased a copy to open it) -- some of whom were 16 and 17 years old? What is "cp"? What is "indecent" What is "a child"? (Especially in the light of the fact that, even now, I believe, the age of sexual consent in England is 16.) It's really stunning to what degree attitudes change in a generation or two. ...When did the Sun end their Page 3 girl feature? Not too long ago, was it? I believe some of the very scantily-clad Benny Hill Show girls (doing their musical numbers very provocatively) were also a year or two younger than 18.
ALL the news outlets were baying for his blood. The way they are backtracking and blaming each other is sickening. They will fully exonerate themselves next by completely blaming the public!
The next time I get pissed up and do something stupid... ...I'll immediately go to A&E and have my girlfriend say I'm suffering from mental illness. Done and dusted👍
Going to A&E can be traumatic in itself. Also, his wife's statement made clear he had pre-existing clinical depression. Even if he didn't, the media focus could trigger a severe depressive episode. I obviously have no idea what happened, but let's not get silly assuming that you can fake mental illness to get out of trouble. It's difficult to receive mental health care given the resources don't match the need. Usually people aren't hospitalised unless they are a life threatening danger to themselves, or others.
ALL COURT CASES DEEMED IMPROBABLE OVERNIGHT. i DID IT BECAUSE HUW EDWARDS DID AND I TOO HAVE A MENTAL ILLNESS THAT ONLY BECAME EVIDENT ONCE I WAS CAUGHT, YOU HOINOUR
I've had many mental health crises. I found it virtually impossible to get inpatient care. Oh wait, I'm not a 61 year old well paid news presenter who's been soliciting lads young enough to be my grandkids. Never heard of depression making someone do that btw. Never. Heard of plenty of people living double lives being wracked with guilt & depressed cos of that though. That I have heard of, Huw. They played the mental health card here & you're all lapping it up. Funny how when someone from a regular background says the same you all tell them to pull themselves up by their bootstraps though. You all make me sick.
Depression warps your thinking in all sorts of ways. It can also make you for all sorts of self-destructive things .. Personally, I don't really care one jot about this story. But I'm not going to play armchair moral judge. People who do that routinely seem to simply want something to feel outraged about, even though it concerns them personally not even a little bit.
@@Robespierre-lI I have bipolar disorder, so I know. I know full well, thanks. You care so little you took the time to reply. Interesting... I'll tell you how this affects me personally - earlier this year I called my mental health team in an extreme crisis. I asked a duty psychiatrist for help. He laughed. He laughed at me & said "Oh we don't actually help people." So I hung up on him. It took over 48 hours for someone to call back. Who knows what could have happened in that time? You probably don't believe that, but it happened. Now I'm sure depression is a part of what is going on with Huw, but it's just part of a big can of worms. Chicken/ egg situation. Feels like a big slap in the face though to me & everyone else who routinely get turned away by NHS mental health teams, yet Huw is spirited away to a private clinic somewhere at the drop of a hat. It stinks. But please, tell me again how I know nothing about any of this & that I'm just looking for something to feel offended about... Or perhaps I genuinely feel like the crowd is being played here & maybe 20 odd years of being waved away by the NHS is has given me a genuine grievance here, I don't know...
@@runlarryrun77 almost 3 weeks later since being diagnosed with severe depression I'm awaiting contact with "next steps". My best move at this stage is probably not seeking employment for an organisation with a history of abuse, but that won't cure me of anything. It will make me as good of a person as I can be right now.
How can no criminal act have been committed? Asking and engaging in any sexual activity for a minor who is under the age of 18 is unlawful. How did he get away with that? Typical establishment as usual.
I may be wrong but, the photos of this young person may not have all been "date stamped" so they can't prove if the person was under 18 or not. Either way, i think Huw Edwards needs to own up. Hiding behind mental illness is so disrespectful 😒 You've been caught!
The young persons bank statements would clear all this up, did he receive payments ? That alone would give us clarity. And what is truly classic is huw suffering mental health problems ! Makes him look guilty. If he is not guilty, all he need’s to do is show the sun his bank statements. It’s all pretty simple in actual fact.
Its a moral crime. Ive suffered bad depression all my life but doesn't want to make me want to have sick sexual pictures of youngsters. He takes a large payment from licence payers and if he cant hold the moral high ground, then he deserves to be named and shamed.
It absolutely does not work like that. I save had severe depression , been suicidal and yet held down a demanding day job. High functioning depression means you can smash it at work but get home and collapse in a mess every day for months if not years.
@@laurahodgson6531 I get your point, but in such a high profile job, he should have sacked ages ago until he regained his health. Still MH is still no excuse for his behaviour.
Five days of headlines is deemed too much for Huw's mental health, but five years of media headlines and attacks on Harry and Meghan's mental health is deemed nothing at all.
What about H&Ms lies, and attacks on others, plus their lazy, lying, cheating practices. You've not picked a good example with those two, nasty, despicable people.
What a sad story. He had so much and has lost it all for a look at some junkie's private bits for £35,000. Very asymettrical relationship based on sleaze and inter-generational exploitation but it's impossible to view him as a total monster just a bit of a mess. Humans...
He could of just gone on a XXX site and see some tickle tackle for nothing, paying 35k to some rent boys knob pic.. Hmmm there's alot more going on there that we don't know about
@@thurmanmerman9099 Was it a guy? My sis said that but I said she's wrong. So it's a lad... so now the accidental release of his video in IG showing his butt makes some sort of sense. I didn't want to know about this.
Well, there you go . He was one of the few people that looked sane in this crazy world , family man that gives stability to his family , man with a strong moral values . 😕 Well , looks can be deceptive .
Or, maybe lacking any criminality on his part, maybe we should all just worry about ourselves and our own families and quit manufacturing righteous outrage at other people’s private lives…
It took Huw and his family the past week to come up with the plan of playing the depression card, packing him off to the hospital before coming clean. That should buy him some time and sympathy. And the BBC met the police on Monday and the police said there was no criminality. That was a quick investigation.
Exactly like his mental health is a excuse for his behaviour and his wife's statement was shocking. They could have done the statement on day one save others being accused. Many people suffer with depressing don't do what he has done. Maybe nothing criminal has happened but messaging many young asking for photos sending love hearts on top of sending huge amount of money is not ok. Was he black mailed?
@@matthewmatthew9485 Stop with the fake outrage you pleb. He was buying porn off the internet. Like millions of men do. No evidence of them being underage. No evidence of these drug claims. The actual “victim” has even said it’s BS. Get off your high horse 😂
Thank you both! Finally some people who see through the bs. How has this vile man become a victim? The way the narrative gets spun makes me sick. We are almost threatened not to speak out against anyone as soon as they are labelled with health issues mentally. Easiest cop out ever
I predict they will let the hue and cry abate under the alibi of 'mental health' treatment, then he will probably quietly retire and she'll get a divorce.
I know a guy who claimed mental issues and depression when he was caught! he got himself off!! if you see him now, he wonders about with a cap and sunglasses!!
Unbelievable He is concerned about his children but he did not think it was inappropriate to abuse someone else’s child Very easy to claim mental illness and lessen accountability
Exactly like his mental health is a excuse for his behaviour and his wife's statement wasn't reassuring. They could have done the statement on day one save others being accused. Many people suffer with depressing don't do what he has done. Maybe nothing criminal has happened but messaging many young asking for photos sending love hearts on top of sending huge amount of money is not ok. Was he black mailed?
Yes. But apparently he has a HISTORY of mental breakdown, and has currently been hospitalised by the NHS. (In a mental hospital? Idk.) SO. For that he definitely does have form, so you and the Scum newspaper will just have to try harder, won't you? 😏
How is it that the Sun's exclusive report (which didn't even name him) was "shameful irresponsible journalism" - but the BBC's own report on his misconduct was "open, honest, bold and courageous" ? 🤣
Exactly. Lives destroyed by this man are just callateral damage. Bla Bla Bla. Hideous times were in. He is a Psyco who broke Lockdown after pushing rules at us. Narcissistic behaviour.
Wow I thought it was Huw Edwards immediately for some reason but immediately thought that no it couldn't be him and even felt bad that I had even thought it was him.
@@mellie5858 I often have weird ESP.I've had it all my life and have had thoughts/feelings about events then the event happens or the thought comes true.I've no idea why when I heard about this then his name came to me immediately and i thought again and thought no it's not him as has too much to lose but more importantly he's a good guy.Wow how wrong I was about the good guy.We all knew Jimmy Saville to be slightly cuckoo but in his nuttiness he was a goo guy but how wrong we all were.My esp strikes again it seems.I'm amazed Huw Edwards wife is still with him as most would have immediately walked out on him.
@@chantalsscaleisafibbersame I knew it was Huw I saw his face but didn't remember his name til now. I think it's a gift we have and the more I trust it and my intuition it gets stronger and it's scary how accurate it is at times it's like having your own mini Google in your head 😂 ❤
@@rayh9859 There is currently no substantiated evidence, and the police stated that no crime has been committed. Thanks for nominating yourself as a living example of exactly what Mr. T. B. Macaulay was referring to. 👍
I'm sure that Hew's children are over the moon to have discovered that their father has been tugging his tallywacker to pornographic images that he bought from a 17 year old young man. You clearly don't care about his family.
@@daniellamcgee4251 And there will be no 'evidence' because it will all be covered up. Of course the police COULD discover the truth if they downloaded his hard drives but, surprise surprise, they aren't going to do that are they! I wonder why!
Exactly like his mental health is a excuse for his behaviour and his wife's statement wasn't reassuring. Many people suffer with depressing don't do what he has done. Maybe nothing criminal has happened but messaging many young asking for photos sending love hearts on top of sending money is not ok.
You dont help me because i am a school caretaker on 20k per year with autism. But you give him immediate help for earning 400k per year and being a peado.
It is rather. Do you think his long-suffering wife is making excuses for him? Has she been coerced? How is her mental health after living with a man with a 'complex' personal situaion (as Jeremy vine put it) all these years? So sad all round.
It's one rule of the priviledged and wealthy and another for the rest of us, so I'll take the trial by social media cheers. At least this way there may be some tangible impact for the likes of Edwards and Tim Davie.
Exactly like his mental health is a excuse for his behaviour and his wife's statement wasn't reassuring. Many people suffer with depressing don't do what he has done. Maybe nothing criminal has happened but messaging many young asking for photos sending love hearts on top of sending money is not ok.
The media chased this man relentlessly so they could have their ratings and fun. Most of the public, particularly those on social media, are as bad, if not worse. The chasing for fun and amusement the private tragedy of a public figure is nauseating. Now we will have crocodile tears from the same people who bayed for blood. I long for the time when common decency and respect were part of British life. Now it's dead and buried, its with Clement Atlee, and Tony Benn in the grave.
It's literally just witch hunts all over again, people spooking at shadows and spreading gossip to ruin lives Get a fucking hobby and stop scrolling through Twitter all days....
What this has revealed is how so many older men remain in the closet and feel unable to reveal their sexuality. It also shows how the media revels in outing them
Voluntarily checking yourself into the Priory isn't to be 'hospitalised', if indeed that's what happened. Anyone can check into these private institutions at any time.
Having “mental health issues” is the easiest way out of these situations nowadays. We are almost threatened not to speak out against him incase he does something terrible to himself. Great way to spin the narrative and make the suspect become a victim
Let’s look at the timeline: 2018-2023 evidence HE was ‘contacting’ young men, meanwhile holding on to prestigious job as the ‘face’ of the BBC. Threatening anyone who spoke out. separately he was making some junior colleagues uncomfortable but they didn’t dare report his behaviour. Perhaps cognitive dissonance was contributing to his depression at this time. Early 2023 he refused an offer of voluntary redundancy. July 2023: The scandal broke and he’s left his wife, senior BBC colleagues, friends etc. to belatedly clean up his mess. He’s had money, time and help to avoid all this. Now It’s time to hold him accountable for his decisions. His wife and friends need to stop enabling, stop making excuses for him or he will never learn or change. Let’s remember he’s the wealthy, powerful and cosseted perpetrator here not the ‘victim’.
As a guy with Mental Health issues, I myself have very little sympathy for Huw Edwards, the harm he has caused is shocking, he sat back and watched some of his colleagues names get dragged through the mud, people like Nicky Campbell, Jeremy Vine, Jon Kay and Graham Norton are names thrown about on Social Media. He could have shot down rumours if only he could have swallowed his pride from the outset. I hope he recovers from this mental health episode, I wouldn't wish harm on the man, but he needs to address whats happened at the earliest convenient opportunity when he is mentally fit and well. The Sun have a lot to answer for and they should answer for how theyve conducted themselves
@sidpheasant7585 I think everyone should answer for what happened, The Sun moreso, because the 'alleged victim' made a statement through there solicitor saying it was all untrue and a pack of lies, but The Sun chose not ro print that. The BBC needs to answer for why it never acted on the allegation when it was made back in May or June and why they let Huw present up until last week. But most importantly, Huw Edwards himself needs to swallow his pride, step up and own what's happened.
@@davidforster8650 probably depressed coz that 17 yr old was blackmailing him into sending more money for the pics, that’s probably why all this has come out 3yrs later coz he was running out of money to pay for that brats drug habit
If no crime has been committed, the reality is why give af? As it stands its just solicitous gossip. If he had an affir with someone underage that would be note worthy, but this is not.
If your wife or children (under age or not ) had been deceived about your sexuality, paid off, or publically humiliated, you wouldn't be saying who cares. Yet another long-suffering wife and group of children are involved here.
I've got family from the area where Huw Edwards grew up. A cousin of mine used to work in a video rental place down there in the late '80s. Always remember him telling me about it when Edwards ended up on the Six O'Clock News about ten years later, because when my cousin worked there, Edwards was a local radio presenter and used to go in there a lot. He quite often used to get Aladdin apparently.
'Oh poor Hugh!' the media cry. But if Huw's 'sin' had been just one Tweet against trans or migrants or Pride, the media would be crucifying him, allowing NO excuse, not even depression. It's all part of trying to normalise 'Minor Attraction' that this one particular instance the orchestrated trend is all about tolerating him as a 'victim' of his 'minor attraction'.
Don't mix issues too much - this person IS worthy of prayer from us, and forgiveness from God. But He has to want it, and plead for it... The bigger question concerns the kind of evil that has entrenched itself at the BBC. Those Russian boys who commit war crimes in Ukraine are pawns of the D*v*l, yet he has no scruples about seeing them killed off a few hours or days later. The more the merrier from his evil point of view. Like all of us, Huw has the potential to do good and evil... That is why we make EFFORT to love Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and to seek their intervention in our lives, in response to the constant allure of evil (and apparent impunity) that the 2020s offer so abundantly.
Yes indeed, Frank Bough was a BBC sexual predator who ruined his career because of his disgusting sexual behaviour. There have been dozens of these vile low life creatures from the totally corrupt BBC, it’s now clearly time to close the BBC down for good.
We’re only human. My thoughts are with his family. I also think The Sun should just change its format and present itself as the New and Improved Sun: on a roll vis the Toilet paper format
If he’d not been found out He wouldn’t be in hospital Bolt hole for the rich Ordinary people get mental health problems and get no leniency This is another privileged person caught out as a pervert We ALL suffered during lock down btw Poor people good people get brushed over all the time
Regardless of the Sun's motives, the story is in the public's interest. A major news presenter on a public channel allegedly paying for explicit images from a teenager with a drug habit. The UK's draconian censorship laws are utterly absurd and need reform, the name of the accused should be published. The secrecy led to damaging speculation and his name was revealed anyway days earlier on social media. Secrecy also allows predators (not claiming Huw is one) to continue abuse, victims believe they're alone.
The Sun paid 16yr old children for naked pictures to publish on Page 3 throughout the 1980s. Samantha Fox famously was 16. This makes Murdoch a no!nce and 12 million Sun readers no!nces. Copies of any of those page 3s would put you in prison?
The name of the accused should be published? What, because nobody has even been falsely accused before? Google Eleanor Williams. Anonymity should be guaranteed until somebody has been convicted of a crime.
We've been here before with the Jimmy Saville scandal concerning the BBC and its brand damage. Our sympathies are only for the wife and family of the said 'BBC's Flagship' presenter - a brave and blessed lady - Mrs Edwards. But, good lord, were we shocked when we heard this news.
@@mrharry448, the NHS should be dismantled and have its focus primarily on the financially needy only. Also, is the Rolf Harris scandal with the BBC - recent enough comparison? Let's abolish the BBC TV licencing for their string of serial scandals.
@@novicepilotaviator5868 Excellent argument for removing the monarchy and dismantling the armed forces after the evidence of mass-murder of civilians in Afghanistan. Is that what you were going to say?
@@mrharry448 In your dreams, bro. How dare you utter such insolence! You'll be taken before his majesty and have your head removed for uttering those words and thoughts. King Henry VIII of old will have no qualms about removing your head from your shoulders, and it wouldn't be for a knighthood either, so thank your blessed virgin stars, m8.
L can we stand back and just look at how the media defend people in the approved circles of society and have a look at how they have treated Andrew Tate, who has not been convicted of anything and claims to be innocent.
Exactly. 'Oh poor Hugh!' the media cry. But if Huw's 'sin' had been just ONE Tweet against trans or migrants or Pride, the media would be crucifying him, allowing NO excuse, not even depression. It's all part of trying to normalise 'Minor Attraction' that this one particular instance the orchestrated trend is all about tolerating him as a 'victim' of his 'minor attraction'.
And Alex B in jail who has been a whistleblower for stuff like this and knew about stuff like this and tried to warm people and got locked up on new insane stalking charges online!!!
I have depression (among other mental health issues) - they have made me neglect myself and my home, ignore the world and treat myself very badly, but they have NEVER turned me into a sexual predator
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We can be unwell/suffer depression and still easily have morality towards others. I'm not trying to glorify/"big-up" myself at all here, but those of us that genuinely have depression can often be more thoughtful when acting towards others - be understand how "the small things" add up, overwhelm and make life harder - we can be a lot more cautious about inflicting harm on others.
Hue's just a predator, hiding behind a mask and most likely a BBC (tax payer)/privately funded diagnosis that's incredibly convenient and frankly disingenuous at best - if not outright contempt for those of us that genuinely suffer.
I have major anxious issues and depression . Decades . Only person I have put at risk is myself .
So you say.
What an insult to people who suffer mental illness and harm no one.
Who has he harmed?
what a stupid thing to say queenie.
@@SA-ff9uc 4 individuals allege he caused them distress. Now more in people the BBC. It's not for you or I do say is this is legitimate or not. It's not illegal on count 1, at the moment, but at the very least, it's a massive abuse of power, paid for by the public purse.
This needs to be said as loudly as possible.
This BS could set the mental health cause back 40 years in this country.
@@waheex He sent somebody a picture of a heart and gifted somebody a massive amount of money. Where is the massive abuse of power? He's a newsreader, he doesn't really have any power. Aren't you concerned about how the corrupt former Prime minister used his power to sleep with young blond women? These people really are abusing their power.
Oh for goodness sake! Depression does not excuse his behaviour.
what behavior?
'Oh poor Hugh!' the media cry. But if Huw's 'sin' had been just one Tweet against trans or migrants or Pride, the media would be crucifying him, allowing NO excuse, not even depression. It's all part of trying to normalise 'Minor Attraction' that this one particular instance the orchestrated trend is all about tolerating him as a 'victim' of his 'minor attraction'.
@@zantas-handleAbsolutely 100% correct.
who said it did? you did...
I guarantee you, the same people asking for "compassion" and saying "what about his mental health!?" are the exact same people who would be polishing the gallows and readying the noose had this story been about somebody like Nigel Farage.
He was well enough to work until now... convenient
I never expected the British press to have such egregious double standards. When Prince Harry and his wife were talking about mental health issues the press went at them like vultures. But Huw Edwards interacting strangely with a minor and then claims to suffer from depression is being given the most precious treatment.
Treat all subjects the same to at least attempt to be objective and thus credible.
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you are talking the "the press" is one collective thing that decides together
Exactly. The common denominator is the nature of the 'crime'. 'Oh poor Hugh!' the media cry. But if Huw's 'sin' had been just ONE Tweet against trans or migrants or Pride, the media would be crucifying him, allowing NO excuse, not even depression. It's all part of trying to normalise 'Minor Attraction' that this one particular instance the orchestrated trend is all about tolerating him as a 'victim' of his 'minor attraction'.
eh? so they should attack all people equally about mental health then? christ.
The police said nothing to see here.. I'm sorry to be the one to break it to you but 18 is not a minor...she is a teenager or a woman since she can vote , get married and have children!!.❤️🇬🇧
Very cowardly of him to allow his colleagues to become suspects, and then to hide away leaving his wife to explain.
Don't! lol I now have an image in my mind of an adult wearing a baby onesie, needing a nappy change.
didn't you watch the video? He wanted to make it public because he thinks he's done nothing wrong, but the BBC wont let him until the investigation is finished.
Innocent until proven guilty obviously only applies to women
How can you engender faith in a person who will solicit pictures from a 17yrs old- 40yrs Junior to Huw Edwards. It may not be illegal but it is morally incorrect
So I am not sure what you deem as morally incorrect, the question is who defines what is moral or not
@@tinkabell339 ok, well I am happy to elucidate you. At the age of 17 I was encouraged by my older friends to go to a club in Brighton, it turned out to be a gay club, which is cool, what wasn't cool is i awoke to being sucked off by a guy.
The point is at the age of 17 you are not/should not be considered able to to be used by an older man
@@tinkabell339 i would posit it's morally incorrect
Prison for Al Pacino, Robert De Niro and Leonardo Di Caprio?
@@liamjones9115 I would posit that it is morally correct 😁
Huw is in hospital, for depression. Well he SHOULD be feeling depressed!
He's finally been exposed as the pervert he is.
Like Schofield, both persons have created a public image/persona of a decent, respectful, moral person, who have commented on, and criticised many others - for far more trivial issues.
It IS in the public interest for us to know that these people are in fact seriously dishonest and immoral.
It totally changes my perception of Huw, and I won't watch anything he is involved in again.
It's important not to support those who prey on young people, with the intention of abusing their naivety.
It absolutely IS in the public interest - and we DO have the right to be informed!
Can you believe that guy defending Huw Edwards and attacking the newspaper in name of political bent? Very disturbing. If he did it, it is disgusting. Additionally 'mental issues' are not an excuse.
One would have to be naive to believe that this Sun attack has nothing at all to do with the Murdoch's long held aim to destroy the BBC.
That does not invalidate the story but its reporting has been irresponsible.
Were is the crime?
Given the alleged victim claims the Sun lied?
Were you as angry about Sunak and Johnson flouting COVID laws?
I completely agree
what are you on about? Campbell is absolutley bang on. do you have NO IDEA of what is going on here? what you think about what he might have done, or not, is... guess what, IRRELEVANT. hav eyou learned nothing about the behaviour of the nutjobs we have in government? morals that most people have would not come into their heads. and yes, mental health is not an EXCUSE, but it is possilby a REASON. ffs.
Yes they are...
the usual soothsayers telling us not to rush to judgement, Alastair Campbell should be in prison for misleading the British Public over Iraq why does he still a voice on public broadcasting?
Yeah it's nauseating how everyone forgets his crucial contribution to doctoring the intelligence reports so that Blair could mislead parliament and take us into a disastrous war.
Are you any longer surprised how media and tv have sunk into the depths of sleaze and how sick they all are ……
What makes these famous people risk everything to do this
Sicko
Depression doesn’t make you act like this . My understanding is it affects people the opposite way.
Power corrupts and the corrupt seek power.
if it had been David Lammy the comments section would be very different
People like him are driven by their perversions to such an extent that they are unable to control them. Plus, he probably got a thrill out of taking such a huge risk.
God please protect our children from these men!
@@mackemdelight stop the whataboutism
Teach your children the dangers of social media.
Huw Edwards - representing the standards of the BBC as ever.
Sadly true….🤮
The BBC are a Criminal Organisation especially for child sexual abusers and it should be closed
down immediately. The British people should all refuse to pay the BBC TV license fee and demand
that the government defunds or abolishes the BBC altogether. We must do everything possible to
protect and save our children from these sexual predators from the Criminal Organisation known
as the BBC.
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Hmm ok then... so a news presenter who certainly isn’t short of money pulls out the mental health card when he is caught out for soliciting a young lad and everyone is sympathetic towards him but try telling people you’re depressed and have severe mental health issues as a member of the general public and all you get is “snap out of it” “pull yourself together” “Depression isn’t real bro just laugh”. I hate the world.
Well said, i'm on meds for mental health issues and when people just pull the mental health card out it makes a mockery of everything.
Literally nothing you've said is accurate. If the people around you say that to you after you've had a medical diagnosis for clinical depression, as in by a doctor, then you need to get yourself away from those people quick as you can.
That's because depression is for the rich. Us ordinary people have no time to acknowledge dying inside as we go through day to day trying to survive physically in a society that is not too kind to penniless people.
@@zamiadams4343 He's hospitalised you mug.
@@ccbc5780 What a load of rubbish.
Playing the "mental health" card is truly cowardly and despicable. All the showbiz luvvies making excuses are equally nauseating. ☹
Mate, your face is nauseating
Half of them probably do the same as Huw.
Ugh, exactly
So disturbing …
Glad you've never done anything wrong in your life johntait, you are the bastion of morality!
We salute you
His poor wife and kids
Blame The Sun.
@@ArtyFactual_Intelligence I’m sure that’s a great comfort to them.
Ditto to that bro; Ditto
Yes very traumatic for his 5 children and his wife.
@@ArtyFactual_Intelligence haha the sun stop deflecting
Where was their concern for the other broadcasters who were incorrectly labeled as being the BBC presenter.
The ones that all continue to take money from the organisation that tried to cover up Savile?
I thought it was that Jon Kay. He went to 2 weeks leave around the same time. The Sun wrote 2 stories about it referring to 'fans' on social media making comments.
I thought Jon had found a Only Fans girl! 😊 2±2=5 😉
Where was their concern for the young people being predated?
@@elkpaz560 their concern was probably with "getting juicy selfies to share round the office".
if it had been David Lammy the comments section would be very different
From now on I won’t trust anybody anymore. That sneaky, sleazy behavior . I’m so sick of it. Mental health issues make you pay young men? Ridiculous.
The gender of the youngster isn't known.
@@Sundae_Times The fact the teen's gender hasn't been mentioned makes me assume it a male. They don't want to get flack for publicly outing him, I suppose.
it was a 17 year old girl not a man still gross though@@Ad-Infinitum
@@shakyinc671 How do you know it was a girl?
The media truly are despicable.
Yep. Yet Millions and millions of people hung on their every word and believed them during Covid. Sheep.
@@CelticSaint The Truth 👍
@@CelticSaint Truth be told I didn't but that made me an anti-vaxxer (recieved all the vaccines sadly) and black sheep, and that's not allowed anymore...
Uh huh….and let me guess the media that aligns with your world view doesn’t fall under the despicable umbrella?
Just looks to me like a cover up of his bad behaviour by telling everyone he has depression so he can take a step away from the public eye for awhile without having to explain himself fully.
You think the BBC don't have some private Doctor on staff for this kind of inevitability?
They probably did some learning off the back of Savile.
I wonder why he didn't take time off for his severe mental health issues before this story broke?
What a load of horse raddish. He could have used 35k to go on a retreat, pay a therapist, sort out private care. He could of given me 35k I could have given him a value for money slap!
Yeah, what a weird coincidence that someone with a known history of depression had a serious mental health episode while being the subject of intense and hostile tabloid and social media speculation. I wonder if there's some connection?
You could see his mental health suffering live on air with his relentless coverage during the Queen's death.
@AndorianBlues weird coincidence that a 61 year old with depression pervs over vulnerable young kids online, feeds their drug addiction, and then claims to be a victim when caught. I'm getting the word.. narcissist
As I understand it, he had time away in the past for his issues. I assume you researched this before you made your comment?
I bet Philip Scofield is loving this, its taken the heat off him.
Philip, who? No, he's not loving it. He craves heat and attention and is the most envious of Huw, the BBC's Flagship presenter's alleged infamy.
Depends if Huw shared the pics with him - both were happy to work for the nonce-network/bbc
It is not "sensational" news but poignant for Mrs. Edwards and distressing for some of us.
Yeah I bet Mrs Edwards thinks it's "poignant" 😂
Or maybe she'd use some other words!
He is currently hospitalised with severe mental health symptoms.
@@johnmoore9862he should be sent to Saudi .
Well I hope a man going through a mental breakdown is enough compensation for the “distress” this non story has caused you ❤
Eh?
Privacy of the family! She is concerned about him and her family. what about the victim and the other children. he should be charged. he is now mentally ill good game.
Detectives from the Met Police have ended their inquiry into a BBC presenter and determined there is no evidence a criminal offense has been committed. Do keep up.
"Reporting this story is in the public interest. What? No we won't take our evidence to the police, we just thought we'd publish it and let the court of public opinion crucify him" - The Sun, apparently
She Tried the BBC and they did nothing for months
Well i hope hes innocent 😂
@@keithleivers4061 I know it's a wild concept but that's a decision for the police to make, they've said they see no evidence of wrong doing, seems like he's pretty innocent to me 🤷
You don't get to hang someone just because they *_seem_* like the kind of person who would do a crime
@@Imperial_Squid”You don’t get to hang someone just because they seem like the kind of person who would do a crime.”
Say it louder for the people in the back!
Scum. #DontBuyTheSun
" Difficult for our family, his mental health, protect our children" Ah right, so they are the victims here... Apparantly mr. Edwards himself thought these things were somehow less important than his own lusts and desires. Typical that these matters only ever become so important when someone gets caught in the act, eh?
Bravo I back your words exactly. Sadly already the do Gooders are defending him, he will be sorry right now but at the time of all his sleaze he was not sorry in anyway
The BBC is a Criminal Organisation which must be stopped immediately from victimising and
sexually abusing our children. Everyone must now stop paying the BBC TV license fee and demand
that the government defunds or abolishes the BBC immediately for their obscene disgusting
behaviour towards our children.
I'm staggered that the police are not interested in this!
dont be daft, the police investigated this
The bbc is a propaganda tool for the government, if charging him would cause a public uproar and general unrest thus upsetting, the governments ability to be able to use the bbc as a " reliable source of spreading propaganda"
Then they'd simply come to the conclusion that it's not in the public interest to prosecute or pursue this any further.
One must keep in mind, the police, military are all here to protect the government first and the population second.
@@Davao420 If the police wanted to know what has happened then they would seize his devices with which he can connect to the internet and examine them. Everything is there. Standard police practice.
The BBC have a long history of employees being peados and and general creeps
Is this British Law?
"It is also an offence under the Criminal Justice Act 1988 to possess an indecent photograph of someone under the age of 18, even if the photos were distributed after the person in them turned 18. For anyone to be convicted in a case of that sort, a jury would have to consider the image to be “indecent”."
Exactly. So many people seem to think it's legal. It's really not. It's still classed as cp as at 17, you're still legally a child.
yeah but hes rich and famous with contacts
Devil's advocate here, not saying a man of his age contacting a teenager is right at all, but, legally, if there is evidence she led him to believe she was 18 (and she's close enough for that to be achievable), would the police and a judge take that into consideration? Again totally wrong if he's skulking around at his age during pandemic cheating on his wife with a teen, it's the legal curiosity
So, you guys (especially BornPariah) are saying the the 'Sun' (the newspaper which broke THIS story, here) was distributing "cp" to the public for decades?!? ....Ever heard of the 'Page 3 girls', who were photographed topless and featured for the reading public to see on their "page 3" (which you couldn't see unless you purchased a copy to open it) -- some of whom were 16 and 17 years old?
What is "cp"? What is "indecent" What is "a child"? (Especially in the light of the fact that, even now, I believe, the age of sexual consent in England is 16.)
It's really stunning to what degree attitudes change in a generation or two. ...When did the Sun end their Page 3 girl feature? Not too long ago, was it? I believe some of the very scantily-clad Benny Hill Show girls (doing their musical numbers very provocatively) were also a year or two younger than 18.
@@alfredotebasco it was a boy I think.
ALL the news outlets were baying for his blood. The way they are backtracking and blaming each other is sickening. They will fully exonerate themselves next by completely blaming the public!
So in your opinion Hew Edwards has not brought sexually explicit images online from someone? That this is all a witch hunt?
You sound like a nonce
The next time I get pissed up and do something stupid...
...I'll immediately go to A&E and have my girlfriend say I'm suffering from mental illness.
Done and dusted👍
LOL. We've all learnt some beneficial lessons from this.
Going to A&E can be traumatic in itself. Also, his wife's statement made clear he had pre-existing clinical depression. Even if he didn't, the media focus could trigger a severe depressive episode. I obviously have no idea what happened, but let's not get silly assuming that you can fake mental illness to get out of trouble. It's difficult to receive mental health care given the resources don't match the need. Usually people aren't hospitalised unless they are a life threatening danger to themselves, or others.
yeah, and you might find she gets you commited to a mental hospital. good luck tho.
ALL COURT CASES DEEMED IMPROBABLE OVERNIGHT. i DID IT BECAUSE HUW EDWARDS DID AND I TOO HAVE A MENTAL ILLNESS THAT ONLY BECAME EVIDENT ONCE I WAS CAUGHT, YOU HOINOUR
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Shame shame shame
The perpetrator becomes the victim
Severe depression oh dear oh dear
Throw away the key
I've had many mental health crises. I found it virtually impossible to get inpatient care.
Oh wait, I'm not a 61 year old well paid news presenter who's been soliciting lads young enough to be my grandkids.
Never heard of depression making someone do that btw. Never.
Heard of plenty of people living double lives being wracked with guilt & depressed cos of that though. That I have heard of, Huw.
They played the mental health card here & you're all lapping it up. Funny how when someone from a regular background says the same you all tell them to pull themselves up by their bootstraps though.
You all make me sick.
Depression warps your thinking in all sorts of ways. It can also make you for all sorts of self-destructive things ..
Personally, I don't really care one jot about this story. But I'm not going to play armchair moral judge. People who do that routinely seem to simply want something to feel outraged about, even though it concerns them personally not even a little bit.
@@Robespierre-lI I have bipolar disorder, so I know. I know full well, thanks.
You care so little you took the time to reply. Interesting...
I'll tell you how this affects me personally - earlier this year I called my mental health team in an extreme crisis. I asked a duty psychiatrist for help. He laughed. He laughed at me & said "Oh we don't actually help people." So I hung up on him. It took over 48 hours for someone to call back. Who knows what could have happened in that time?
You probably don't believe that, but it happened. Now I'm sure depression is a part of what is going on with Huw, but it's just part of a big can of worms. Chicken/ egg situation. Feels like a big slap in the face though to me & everyone else who routinely get turned away by NHS mental health teams, yet Huw is spirited away to a private clinic somewhere at the drop of a hat.
It stinks.
But please, tell me again how I know nothing about any of this & that I'm just looking for something to feel offended about... Or perhaps I genuinely feel like the crowd is being played here & maybe 20 odd years of being waved away by the NHS is has given me a genuine grievance here, I don't know...
@@runlarryrun77 almost 3 weeks later since being diagnosed with severe depression I'm awaiting contact with "next steps".
My best move at this stage is probably not seeking employment for an organisation with a history of abuse, but that won't cure me of anything. It will make me as good of a person as I can be right now.
@@wulfgold Hoping things will improve for you soon.
Very well said. I hope that you are able to gain stability in your life.
How can no criminal act have been committed? Asking and engaging in any sexual activity for a minor who is under the age of 18 is unlawful. How did he get away with that? Typical establishment as usual.
It’s always been that way - so much has never come out in the past
I may be wrong but, the photos of this young person may not have all been "date stamped" so they can't prove if the person was under 18 or not. Either way, i think Huw Edwards needs to own up. Hiding behind mental illness is so disrespectful 😒 You've been caught!
Age of consent is 16
The young persons bank statements would clear all this up, did he receive payments ? That alone would give us clarity. And what is truly classic is huw suffering mental health problems ! Makes him look guilty. If he is not guilty, all he need’s to do is show the sun his bank statements. It’s all pretty simple in actual fact.
THERE'S THIS THING CALLED GIVING A PERSON CASH IN THE HAND THAT MISTERIOUSLY DOESN'T SHOW ON BANK STATEMENTS
Mental illness ≠ inappropriate behavior.
I'm glad we live in a country that hold newsreaders up to higher moral standards than the Prime Minister of the country.
Its a moral crime. Ive suffered bad depression all my life but doesn't want to make me want to have sick sexual pictures of youngsters. He takes a large payment from licence payers and if he cant hold the moral high ground, then he deserves to be named and shamed.
Mental health card played, yet he was well enough to work on the news?
Doesn't really work like that but I see your point.
Exactly!
It absolutely does not work like that. I save had severe depression , been suicidal and yet held down a demanding day job. High functioning depression means you can smash it at work but get home and collapse in a mess every day for months if not years.
@@laurahodgson6531 I get your point, but in such a high profile job, he should have sacked ages ago until he regained his health. Still MH is still no excuse for his behaviour.
@@laurahodgson6531You’re lying. Severe depression you can’t get out of bed.
HUW EDWARDS plays the mental health card
It’s not very effective..
Mental health issues now he's been caught.
😅😅😅😅😅😅😅 exactly
Five days of headlines is deemed too much for Huw's mental health, but five years of media headlines and attacks on Harry and Meghan's mental health is deemed nothing at all.
What about H&Ms lies, and attacks on others, plus their lazy, lying, cheating practices.
You've not picked a good example with those two, nasty, despicable people.
What a sad story. He had so much and has lost it all for a look at some junkie's private bits for £35,000. Very asymettrical relationship based on sleaze and inter-generational exploitation but it's impossible to view him as a total monster just a bit of a mess. Humans...
He could of just gone on a XXX site and see some tickle tackle for nothing, paying 35k to some rent boys knob pic.. Hmmm there's alot more going on there that we don't know about
@@thurmanmerman9099
Was it a guy? My sis said that but I said she's wrong.
So it's a lad... so now the accidental release of his video in IG showing his butt makes some sort of sense.
I didn't want to know about this.
“Some junkie” - that is a person you know.
I think the 17 year old became a junkie after he got the money..So THe licence payers are funding online porn of minors and drug s...
@@leoniemary3850 A person with 35k in their bank account more than me.
If he has £35,000 pound spare for one photo the BBC are getting too much money from our television licenses .
He makes £430000 annually I believe
Is this the same SUN newspaper that believes the Tories are the best thing since sliced bread
And was publishing Page 3s with top less 16 Yr old right through the 1990s!
Thank you, Channel 4 for not turning off your comments unlike the BBC.
Well, there you go . He was one of the few people that looked sane in this crazy world , family man that gives stability to his family , man with a strong moral values . 😕 Well , looks can be deceptive .
Hmmm t’is all an illusion. Maya, Maya, Maya.
Everyone is spending money on only fans so this is absolutely nonsense
alternatively maybe someone just made it up
Or, maybe lacking any criminality on his part, maybe we should all just worry about ourselves and our own families and quit manufacturing righteous outrage at other people’s private lives…
Anybody who trusts any human is a lost cause! 🙄🥱🤡
It took Huw and his family the past week to come up with the plan of playing the depression card, packing him off to the hospital before coming clean. That should buy him some time and sympathy. And the BBC met the police on Monday and the police said there was no criminality. That was a quick investigation.
Exactly like his mental health is a excuse for his behaviour and his wife's statement was shocking. They could have done the statement on day one save others being accused. Many people suffer with depressing don't do what he has done. Maybe nothing criminal has happened but messaging many young asking for photos sending love hearts on top of sending huge amount of money is not ok. Was he black mailed?
@@matthewmatthew9485 Stop with the fake outrage you pleb. He was buying porn off the internet. Like millions of men do. No evidence of them being underage. No evidence of these drug claims. The actual “victim” has even said it’s BS. Get off your high horse 😂
Thank you both! Finally some people who see through the bs. How has this vile man become a victim? The way the narrative gets spun makes me sick. We are almost threatened not to speak out against anyone as soon as they are labelled with health issues mentally. Easiest cop out ever
I predict they will let the hue and cry abate under the alibi of 'mental health' treatment, then he will probably quietly retire and she'll get a divorce.
I know a guy who claimed mental issues and depression when he was caught! he got himself off!! if you see him now, he wonders about with a cap and sunglasses!!
Unbelievable
He is concerned about his children but he did not think it was inappropriate to abuse someone else’s child
Very easy to claim mental illness and lessen accountability
They weren't a child though.
Exactly like his mental health is a excuse for his behaviour and his wife's statement wasn't reassuring. They could have done the statement on day one save others being accused. Many people suffer with depressing don't do what he has done. Maybe nothing criminal has happened but messaging many young asking for photos sending love hearts on top of sending huge amount of money is not ok. Was he black mailed?
No crime was committed.
Who has he abused?
Yes. But apparently he has a HISTORY of mental breakdown, and has currently been hospitalised by the NHS. (In a mental hospital? Idk.)
SO. For that he definitely does have form, so you and the Scum newspaper will just have to try harder, won't you? 😏
How is it that the Sun's exclusive report (which didn't even name him) was "shameful irresponsible journalism" - but the BBC's own report on his misconduct was "open, honest, bold and courageous" ? 🤣
Oh ok this morning he was "extremely angry" but now he's incapacitated in hospital. Yeah right.
It's called projecting and gaslighting 🤡
Covid inquiry news?
Not a care for the teenager he victimised. Shameful! Callous disregard. Mental health? Sexual predatory paedophile!
Are you the teenager?
Exactly. Lives destroyed by this man are just callateral damage. Bla Bla Bla. Hideous times were in. He is a Psyco who broke Lockdown after pushing rules at us. Narcissistic behaviour.
@@davelong9055Are you defending this old pervert. Shameful.
Paedophile how?
35k. Ooh victimise that 20yr old man harder. Make it 40k
Wow I thought it was Huw Edwards immediately for some reason but immediately thought that no it couldn't be him and even felt bad that I had even thought it was him.
Ditto!! Gutted.. disgusted that he left it to the missus to sort out. Makes me ashamed to be Welsh
@@mellie5858 I often have weird ESP.I've had it all my life and have had thoughts/feelings about events then the event happens or the thought comes true.I've no idea why when I heard about this then his name came to me immediately and i thought again and thought no it's not him as has too much to lose but more importantly he's a good guy.Wow how wrong I was about the good guy.We all knew Jimmy Saville to be slightly cuckoo but in his nuttiness he was a goo guy but how wrong we all were.My esp strikes again it seems.I'm amazed Huw Edwards wife is still with him as most would have immediately walked out on him.
Me too
My money was on Charlie from bbc breakfast 😂😂😂
@@chantalsscaleisafibbersame I knew it was Huw I saw his face but didn't remember his name til now. I think it's a gift we have and the more I trust it and my intuition it gets stronger and it's scary how accurate it is at times it's like having your own mini Google in your head 😂 ❤
"We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one of its periodical fits of morality."
Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-1859)
Wow!
@@rayh9859 There is currently no substantiated evidence, and the police stated that no crime has been committed. Thanks for nominating yourself as a living example of exactly what Mr. T. B. Macaulay was referring to. 👍
@@rayh9859 How should I know?
I'm sure that Hew's children are over the moon to have discovered that their father has been tugging his tallywacker to pornographic images that he bought from a 17 year old young man. You clearly don't care about his family.
@@daniellamcgee4251 And there will be no 'evidence' because it will all be covered up. Of course the police COULD discover the truth if they downloaded his hard drives but, surprise surprise, they aren't going to do that are they! I wonder why!
Well it worked for Schofield.
As a mental health nurse it is imperative he receives the help he needs but one thinks the timing is questionable
Exactly like his mental health is a excuse for his behaviour and his wife's statement wasn't reassuring. Many people suffer with depressing don't do what he has done. Maybe nothing criminal has happened but messaging many young asking for photos sending love hearts on top of sending money is not ok.
You dont help me because i am a school caretaker on 20k per year with autism. But you give him immediate help for earning 400k per year and being a peado.
It is rather. Do you think his long-suffering wife is making excuses for him? Has she been coerced? How is her mental health after living with a man with a 'complex' personal situaion (as Jeremy vine put it) all these years? So sad all round.
early stage lewy body/frontal lob
@@matthewmatthew9485Why do you keep repeating this comment?
Who in their right mind pays money, reads and believes the gutter Sun.
If true the boys need social care help and advice.
And the abuser?
Who in their right mind pays money for...
@@catherinethomas1276 Apparently the abuser MUST be seen as a victim because he has 'mental health' issues.
Life's hard for a lot of people...
yea young people with drug problems allegedly being preyed upon by those in power.
Trial by Media and Social Media was brutal.
It's one rule of the priviledged and wealthy and another for the rest of us, so I'll take the trial by social media cheers.
At least this way there may be some tangible impact for the likes of Edwards and Tim Davie.
@@wulfgold WTF are you going on about?
@@Pequin1000 try doing "better reading and learning what words mean" best of luck to you ;)
We Mustn't Use Mental Health As An Excuse For His Behaviour”
Hmmmm says everything right there or why say For his Behaviour
Its a long game and a back up defence. The lawyers were worth every penny.
Exactly like his mental health is a excuse for his behaviour and his wife's statement wasn't reassuring. Many people suffer with depressing don't do what he has done. Maybe nothing criminal has happened but messaging many young asking for photos sending love hearts on top of sending money is not ok.
@@brianlopez8855It is a cover up. Victims are paid. Police choose to not press charges. Accused suffers from mental illness.
Mental health is never an excuse for anything, but it can be the cause…..two completely different things.
The media chased this man relentlessly so they could have their ratings and fun.
Most of the public, particularly those on social media, are as bad, if not worse.
The chasing for fun and amusement the private tragedy of a public figure is nauseating.
Now we will have crocodile tears from the same people who bayed for blood.
I long for the time when common decency and respect were part of British life.
Now it's dead and buried, its with Clement Atlee, and Tony Benn in the grave.
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Spot on mate
It's literally just witch hunts all over again, people spooking at shadows and spreading gossip to ruin lives
Get a fucking hobby and stop scrolling through Twitter all days....
Most people don’t ask teens for explicit images mate
Agree with you about common decency, but soliciting boys is not very decent if you’re the long suffering wife.
What this has revealed is how so many older men remain in the closet and feel unable to reveal their sexuality. It also shows how the media revels in outing them
He may simply be bisexual and not gay.
Yes. It is very cruel.
@@Emmalittlepengelly1690 So what is your opinion on The Sun printing underage naked models for years in page 3.
If he is gay he should tell his wife. But we do not know the gender of the 17 yr old.
@@catherinethomas1276 He may be bisexual!
Sick and pure evil.
Voluntarily checking yourself into the Priory isn't to be 'hospitalised', if indeed that's what happened. Anyone can check into these private institutions at any time.
It says "hospital". The Priory isn't a hospital.
@@oneoflokis Yes it is. It says so on their website.
Having “mental health issues” is the easiest way out of these situations nowadays. We are almost threatened not to speak out against him incase he does something terrible to himself. Great way to spin the narrative and make the suspect become a victim
@@nathanj109 it was his only get of of jail card Im guessing
@@nathanj109well he has a history of it you muppet
Let’s look at the timeline: 2018-2023 evidence HE was ‘contacting’ young men, meanwhile holding on to prestigious job as the ‘face’ of the BBC. Threatening anyone who spoke out. separately he was making some junior colleagues uncomfortable but they didn’t dare report his behaviour. Perhaps cognitive dissonance was contributing to his depression at this time. Early 2023 he refused an offer of voluntary redundancy.
July 2023: The scandal broke and he’s left his wife, senior BBC colleagues, friends etc. to belatedly clean up his mess. He’s had money, time and help to avoid all this. Now It’s time to hold him accountable for his decisions. His wife and friends need to stop enabling, stop making excuses for him or he will never learn or change. Let’s remember he’s the wealthy, powerful and cosseted perpetrator here not the ‘victim’.
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As a guy with Mental Health issues, I myself have very little sympathy for Huw Edwards, the harm he has caused is shocking, he sat back and watched some of his colleagues names get dragged through the mud, people like Nicky Campbell, Jeremy Vine, Jon Kay and Graham Norton are names thrown about on Social Media.
He could have shot down rumours if only he could have swallowed his pride from the outset.
I hope he recovers from this mental health episode, I wouldn't wish harm on the man, but he needs to address whats happened at the earliest convenient opportunity when he is mentally fit and well.
The Sun have a lot to answer for and they should answer for how theyve conducted themselves
The BBC rather more so, would you not say?
@sidpheasant7585 I think everyone should answer for what happened, The Sun moreso, because the 'alleged victim' made a statement through there solicitor saying it was all untrue and a pack of lies, but The Sun chose not ro print that.
The BBC needs to answer for why it never acted on the allegation when it was made back in May or June and why they let Huw present up until last week.
But most importantly, Huw Edwards himself needs to swallow his pride, step up and own what's happened.
Not even sure if he’s just using mental health as an excuse to hide from everyone
@TayWoode He is definitely using Mental Health to hide from it, but he does actually have a history of depression
@@davidforster8650 probably depressed coz that 17 yr old was blackmailing him into sending more money for the pics, that’s probably why all this has come out 3yrs later coz he was running out of money to pay for that brats drug habit
If no crime has been committed, the reality is why give af? As it stands its just solicitous gossip.
If he had an affir with someone underage that would be note worthy, but this is not.
i think naked photos of his butt on twitter sent to kids is disgusting, but the left love this kind of dirt
If your wife or children (under age or not ) had been deceived about your sexuality, paid off, or publically humiliated, you wouldn't be saying who cares. Yet another long-suffering wife and group of children are involved here.
He was sexting and swapping photos with an under 18 year old, which is illegal and a criminal offence.
@@jacobsed6665 dirty pervert, he's an old man threatening kids
@@jacobsed6665 Right, this is what was reported. The police say no criminality has taken place. I’m confused.
Innocent till proven guilty! There needs to be an end to witch trials. They are getting out of hand.
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Have you not seen the photos of him circulating online? He’s got his cheeks out it’s nasty
@@nathanj109To be fair we're born without clothes.. probably shouldn't be illegal to be seen in our natural form 😅
@@mickbradley7370 bro, 'natural form' - the act of being caught with one's trousers and pants down to one's ankles? LOL
@@novicepilotaviator5868 no, obviously the trousers aren't natural 😂
Just imagine being friend with this guy and having your boys of 15-16 of age around him.
HE WASN'T TOO ILL to present the CORONATION OF KING BATTENBERG
Scum Sun - Liverpool have known this for years.
Private behaviour splashed onto pages for BBC bashing - the Murdoch modus operandi.
Have you read Flat Earth News/Hack Attack?
And of course the Sun and Murdoch have no axe to grind with the BBC?
Get real.
THE POLICE HAVE DROPPED THE CASE!!!
so!!
Who cares?! Police drop online crimes again kids the majority of time!!
I can't believe that Huw is the person in this story, and I'm sorry to hear about it, and at this moment I can't believe it
Maybe someone simply wanted to target the BBC to take it down and looked around for an easy victim.
@@theredbaron9499 Fred west was a murderer. Are you thinking straight.
@@courtneysquill8843exactly
@@theredbaron9499 So what has that got to do with this case?
What a bizarre argument.
I've got family from the area where Huw Edwards grew up. A cousin of mine used to work in a video rental place down there in the late '80s. Always remember him telling me about it when Edwards ended up on the Six O'Clock News about ten years later, because when my cousin worked there, Edwards was a local radio presenter and used to go in there a lot. He quite often used to get Aladdin apparently.
The Ultimate Huw Done it.
Yeah, no pun intended... Huw, Done it?!
British Beast Corporation. A national disgrace
Ask the families of the Hillsboro 97 what they think of The Sun's allegations....
Support SOUND OF FREEDOM, where horrific global crimes continues to be committed on a global scale!
'Oh poor Hugh!' the media cry. But if Huw's 'sin' had been just one Tweet against trans or migrants or Pride, the media would be crucifying him, allowing NO excuse, not even depression. It's all part of trying to normalise 'Minor Attraction' that this one particular instance the orchestrated trend is all about tolerating him as a 'victim' of his 'minor attraction'.
Don't mix issues too much - this person IS worthy of prayer from us, and forgiveness from God.
But He has to want it, and plead for it...
The bigger question concerns the kind of evil that has entrenched itself at the BBC.
Those Russian boys who commit war crimes in Ukraine are pawns of the D*v*l, yet he has no scruples about seeing them killed off a few hours or days later.
The more the merrier from his evil point of view.
Like all of us, Huw has the potential to do good and evil...
That is why we make EFFORT to love Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and to seek their intervention in our lives, in response to the constant allure of evil (and apparent impunity) that the 2020s offer so abundantly.
Yes I agree 100% Its very devious!!1
Didums ! £400000 salary, a sum 99.9% of the population can only dream of.
A nurse earns approx £30000 ??
Playing the mental health card is no excuse!…. but it seems to work these days. 😢
come on he was ok until this all came out funny how he is now in hospital where no one can touch him mmmm?
Did Campbell think about David Kelly's mental health?
This has Frank Bough vibes. Does anyone remember his scandal back in the day.
Classic scandalous behaviour, hookers and coke 😂😂😂😂
Yes!!! Grandstand presenter. Prostitutes n coke if I remember 😂.
Yes indeed, Frank Bough was a BBC sexual predator who ruined his career because of his
disgusting sexual behaviour. There have been dozens of these vile low life creatures from the
totally corrupt BBC, it’s now clearly time to close the BBC down for good.
We’re only human. My thoughts are with his family. I also think The Sun should just change its format and present itself as the New and Improved Sun: on a roll vis the Toilet paper format
You wasn’t saying that when Philip did the same, hypocrite
My thoughts are with the vulnerable young people he exploited and threatened.
@@garymitchell5899 what?? 😂 shut up mate you don’t know what you’re talking about
Only being human doesnt excuse being a dirty perv or in scofields case a pedo
@@eternalele9309exactly
Who cares? How is that news? The man does whatever he wants with his money. No illegal actions? Move on!
Yeah, no illegal actions to see here.... move on.... oh, wait, he's just been charged!
If he’d not been found out He wouldn’t be in hospital Bolt hole for the rich Ordinary people get mental health problems and get no leniency This is another privileged person caught out as a pervert We ALL suffered during lock down btw Poor people good people get brushed over all the time
Regardless of the Sun's motives, the story is in the public's interest. A major news presenter on a public channel allegedly paying for explicit images from a teenager with a drug habit. The UK's draconian censorship laws are utterly absurd and need reform, the name of the accused should be published. The secrecy led to damaging speculation and his name was revealed anyway days earlier on social media. Secrecy also allows predators (not claiming Huw is one) to continue abuse, victims believe they're alone.
The Sun paid 16yr old children for naked pictures to publish on Page 3 throughout the 1980s. Samantha Fox famously was 16. This makes Murdoch a no!nce and 12 million Sun readers no!nces. Copies of any of those page 3s would put you in prison?
Not just a 'major', but 'Flagship', the ''Flagship' BBC presenter, bro; still completely gobsmacked and shocked.
The name of the accused should be published? What, because nobody has even been falsely accused before? Google Eleanor Williams. Anonymity should be guaranteed until somebody has been convicted of a crime.
I think the point is the lack of evidence
And people still trust Rupert Murdoch?! 🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🤦♂
Not often I agree with Alistair Campbell, but for once I do 100%.
What about the mental health of the people he targeted.
Targeted? Wish he would target me with massive wealth.
@@SA-ff9uc Stephen Fry only offered me £50.
He was sexting and swapping photos with an under 18 year old, which is illegal and a criminal offence.
Stop with the BS. No criminal charges brought against him.
16 years old, not 18 years old is the legal age
No 16 is 5he legal age, not 18 years old, that's USA age were privacy is legal
Exchanging indecent images with someone under the age of 18 is a criminal offence
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We've been here before with the Jimmy Saville scandal concerning the BBC and its brand damage. Our sympathies are only for the wife and family of the said 'BBC's Flagship' presenter - a brave and blessed lady - Mrs Edwards. But, good lord, were we shocked when we heard this news.
Gosh. Nearest comparison being 40years ago.
Next stop, dismantle the NHS because of Harold Shipman.
@@mrharry448, the NHS should be dismantled and have its focus primarily on the financially needy only. Also, is the Rolf Harris scandal with the BBC - recent enough comparison? Let's abolish the BBC TV licencing for their string of serial scandals.
@@novicepilotaviator5868 Rolf Harris is not remotely recent in regard to accusations that happened while working for the BBC. Again over 30 years ago.
@@novicepilotaviator5868 Excellent argument for removing the monarchy and dismantling the armed forces after the evidence of mass-murder of civilians in Afghanistan.
Is that what you were going to say?
@@mrharry448 In your dreams, bro. How dare you utter such insolence! You'll be taken before his majesty and have your head removed for uttering those words and thoughts. King Henry VIII of old will have no qualms about removing your head from your shoulders, and it wouldn't be for a knighthood either, so thank your blessed virgin stars, m8.
Why hasn’t the BBC taken any action regarding his years of serious mental health issues ?
What is it with the BBC and noncing?! It should be scrapped and rebooted as something not dangerous to children and teens.
Its a personal issue. The Sun has always sensationalised petty matters.
It's not 'personal' when there are victims involved
A simple search online days ago would of made it obvious it was this guy.
L can we stand back and just look at how the media defend people in the approved circles of society and have a look at how they have treated Andrew Tate, who has not been convicted of anything and claims to be innocent.
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Exactly. 'Oh poor Hugh!' the media cry. But if Huw's 'sin' had been just ONE Tweet against trans or migrants or Pride, the media would be crucifying him, allowing NO excuse, not even depression. It's all part of trying to normalise 'Minor Attraction' that this one particular instance the orchestrated trend is all about tolerating him as a 'victim' of his 'minor attraction'.
And Alex B in jail who has been a whistleblower for stuff like this and knew about stuff like this and tried to warm people and got locked up on new insane stalking charges online!!!
The news media should never implicate a crime on anyone as though they are guilty
Depression didn't cause his behaviour, depression is a result of his behaviour.
His alleged depression is a result of getting caught.
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Well you can say also that Edwards was in the closet for too long
Unless the 17 year old “ victim “
Who is know 20 is Male
I could be wrong