Chris Moyles was 27 years old at the time of the broadcast in 2002, and the broadcasting standards commission condemned him for the comment at the time. The clip resurfaced online in the wake of the Scott Mills saga, where Mills was sacked by the BBC last month after being accused of serious sexual assault against a boy under the age of 16. The allegations against Mills date back between 1997 and 2000, and Moyles worked at the BBC between 1997 and 2012.
In 2007, Moyles appeared on Church's Channel 4 programme, The Charlotte Church Show, where she asked him to explain his behavior. Church later referenced the moment in a 2023 interview with Kathy Burke for her Channel 4 documentary, Growing Up. Moyles now hosts a show on Radio X, with more than one million listeners tuning in a week.
Well, you were under 16, yeah 15. But you were gonna be 16 and I offered to take your virginity.
What exactly did you say?
It wasn’t good, but at least it was out in the open.