{"id":2352755,"date":"2026-03-31T11:45:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T11:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2352755"},"modified":"2026-03-31T11:45:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T11:45:35","slug":"inside-scott-mills-troubled-past-after-25-year-bbc-career-ends-and-who-might-replace-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/inside-scott-mills-troubled-past-after-25-year-bbc-career-ends-and-who-might-replace-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside Scott Mills’ troubled past after 25-year BBC career ends \u2013 and who might replace him"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Scott Mills<\/a>‘ sudden departure from the BBC<\/a> leaves a big vacancy at Radio 2.<\/p>\n

The radio DJ, who hosted the flagship breakfast show for just over a year, joined the BBC in 1998 to host Radio 1’s early breakfast show, before moving to Radio 2’s afternoon slot in January 2025, after 24 years.<\/p>\n

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\"Scott\u00a9 BBC\/Ray Burmiston<\/span><\/div>\n

Scott Mills has been sacked from the BBC<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

On Monday, the BBC confirmed that the 53-year-old no longer works at the company. This came after reports that Scott had been sacked over “allegations about his personal conduct”<\/a>.<\/p>\n

During his 25-year career with the broadcaster, Scott has been very candid about his personal life, including his relationship with alcohol and how his boyfriend’s death impacted his work.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Scott’s relationship with alcohol after the death of his boyfriend\u00a0<\/h2>\n

In a 2012 interview with Now\u00a0magazine, Scott opened up about his struggle with alcohol after the devastating death of one of his first serious boyfriends, Mitch, from a drug overdose in 2001.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Speaking about Mitch’s death, Scott said: “I was 26 and we spent every minute together… It was truly awful,” adding that the police were waiting for him after his Radio 1 show. “They told me he’d died. I couldn’t process it.”<\/p>\n

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\"Scott\u00a9 BBC\/Owen Scurfield<\/span><\/div>\n

Scott has been open about his relationship with alcohol<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

“As it dawned on me, it got worse and worse and worse,” he continued. “I started smoking that day and I haven’t stopped since.”<\/p>\n

In his grief, Scott began to use alcohol to cope while hosting his Radio 1 early morning show.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He would “wake up at 2.30am, do the show, come home and go back to sleep,” before waking in the evening to “drink two bottles of wine or a bottle of spirits in front of the TV”.<\/p>\n

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\"Scott\u00a9 BBC\/Ray Burmiston<\/span><\/div>\n

Scott leaves a significant vacancy at BBC Radio 2<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

“It was a way to escape,” he explained.<\/p>\n

Scott shared how he ended up going on air while drunk. “That could have been a massive [expletive]up for me. Even I would’ve sacked me,” he said, adding that Radio 1 knew about Mitch and that Scott was “having a bad time”. “It was a proper wake-up call,” he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Experience of anxiety<\/h2>\n

Scott has been open about his experiences with anxiety over the years and has suffered with panic attacks and a history of depression in his family.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I still get a little wave [of anxiety] every now and again,” he told The Times<\/a> last year. “I’m just an anxious person. I used to suffer terribly with it and I seem to be able to handle it better now.”<\/p>\n

Who will replace Scott Mills?\u00a0<\/h2>\n

Scott’s departure comes just over a year after he took over from Zoe Ball<\/a> as host of the Radio 2 breakfast show.<\/p>\n

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\"Zoe\u00a9 BBC\/Ray Burmiston<\/span><\/div>\n

Scott took over from Zoe Ball last year<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

He leaves behind a significant vacancy. But who could take over the flagship slot in his place?<\/p>\n

Vernon Kay is the bookies’ favourite to take over Scott’s Radio 2 show. The 51-year-old currently hosts a mid-morning show on Radio 2, which according to the station’s head Helen Thomas is “the most listened to show on UK radio”, drawing 6.7 million listeners each week.<\/p>\n

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\"Vernon\u00a9 ITV<\/span><\/div>\n

Vernon Kay is a favourite to replace Scott <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Other presenters tipped as potential replacements include DJ Gary Davies, who unexpectedly stepped in for Scott last Wednesday, Rylan Clark, Clara Amfo and Radio 2 host OJ Borg, who hosts the weekday overnight show.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.celebrity.land.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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