A BBC radio phone-in erupted into chaos on Monday after a caller made a serious, unsubstantiated allegation about President Donald Trump during a live broadcast.
The caller, identified as “Riley” from Peterborough in eastern England, phoned in to BBC Radio 5 Live as the show discussed U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s ongoing cooperation with Trump amid tensions linked to the Greenland dispute.
“Starmer needs to stand up, give Trump the ‘V’, and wave our flag,” Riley said, arguing the U.K. should stop working with Trump. “We cannot keep cooperating with this guy. We’ve gave him too many warnings. We’ve gave him too many, ‘Oh, maybe this, maybe that,’ and, you know it’s bad when [Nigel] Farage is going after it. This is the worst government I’ve ever seen in my life.”
Farage — an MP who has previously backed Trump enthusiastically — has criticized Trump’s tariff threats tied to the Greenland issue.
Riley continued, claiming Greenland’s sovereignty was being ignored and describing the situation as “an absolute mess.”
Host Nicky Campbell then asked what Riley made of Trump’s “claim” to Greenland. The conversation quickly spiraled.
“What claim? It’s ridiculous,” Riley responded. “I just cannot, he’s just — I don’t use this word lightly — he is a pedophile, he is a narcissist —”
Campbell immediately cut in.
“Oh, no, no, no, hang on!” he said. “We can’t have accusations like that!” Campbell then stopped the caller from continuing.
The segment comes as scrutiny around Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes remains high in Britain, largely because of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s past association with Epstein. Trump’s past friendship with Epstein has also drawn ongoing attention, including criticism surrounding the Justice Department’s refusal to release what some say is a complete set of related files.
Trump has repeatedly insisted he did nothing wrong in connection to Epstein.
