OHMYGOSSIP — Martin Hughes-Games says he is an “endangered species” on television because he is “white, middle-class, old-aged”.
The former ‘Springwatch’ presenter left the show in 2018, just months after he was reinstated by the BBC following an outcry at his axing from the programme, but he insists he is an “endangered species” on the small screen now because of his race, class and age.
Asked if he would return to the show, he said: “Oh, don’t ask me that. I think the commissioner’s a bit grumpy with me, because I’m white, middle-class, old-aged … Who wants me on their show? I’m an endangered species. Let’s hope that conservation efforts keep me going, rather than going extinct. White, middle-class, old-aged presenters are actually quite good at their jobs.”
Martin is still close to his former co-stars Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan, but he misses them “terribly”.
He added: “We email and text each other all the time. In fact, I sent Chris a YouTube clip of a Second World War fighter only yesterday. And I have been to see Michaela in South Africa, where she lives. I’m still very much in contact with them. I miss them very, very much indeed. Michaela, Chris and I had a lovely chemistry which was the most wonderful thing to be a part of. It was just great, it really was.”
The 63-year-old presenter doesn’t tune into the show anymore since he left, as he finds it “very difficult” to watch.
He told Radio Times magazine: “Do you know what? I find it very, very difficult to watch. I do a bit, but I feel so close to them, both professionally and emotionally, that I often find myself adjusting the tappets on one of my old motorbikes or something rather than watching it, because it hurts … My abiding memory is laughing an enormous amount with Chris and Michaela. Working with them on the programme was one of the happiest times that I ever had in 40 years in telly. I texted Chris the other day and told him I’m dreaming about him every night. It’s odd … Very weird.”

Source: celebretainment.com
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