Sacked SAS Ant: Britain’s too PC for me ...I’m moving to Australia
Shamed host flees ‘witch hunt’
ANT Middleton is moving to Australia, declaring the UK “a bit pretentious for me” after he was fired for his behaviour on SAS Who Dares Wins.
Several women accused Middleton of making “inappropriate comments” on set, which he dismissed as “banter”, but it still got him sacked by Channel 4.
He is now Down Under filming the Oz version of the show, and said: “I feel like I fit in here.
“That’s very strange being the person that I am. I don’t know whether the UK is a bit pretentious for me, a bit too PC for me, where I can’t be myself.
“I have to suppress a part of me to fit in, which I don’t like doing and I won’t do as you’ve probably seen but here you’ve got that balance that right.”
Middleton, 40, said there had been a “witch hunt” against him in the UK. He told The James Smith Podcast: “Witch hunt? I never thought that existed until the latest shenanigans with SAS UK.
“Ultimately people can see through it and know I was pushed before I could jump.”
He said he expected to feature in future Aussie series of the show and to move there next year with his wife and five kids.
He said: “I’ve got a great connection with Australia. My wife also Australia.
“She did a gap year out here when she was young. She’s always said, ‘Let’s move to Australia’, So when SAS Australia came up, I was like, ‘Let’s see the layout, let’s see how it goes’.
“We’ve sort of made a decision to move out here next year.”
The Mirror revealed four women had told broadcasting union Bectu he made “lewd and suggestive comments” to them while working on set. Channel 4 previously said it “will not be working with him again” after several complaints. loves
I can’t be myself. I have to suppress a part of me to fit in
Middleton said at the time: “They’ve seen a bit of military humour... and they really felt offended.” He said the “woke patrol” had taken over the show.
After being told crew members had gone to Bectu, a spokesman for Middleton said he “emphatically rejects” the allegations.
He said: “Ant has never at any point been accused of speaking inappropriately by anyone.”
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