Vernon Kay said he 'touched a nerve' during a discussion about hot cross buns on his BBC Radio 2 show. A listener named Rachel from Brandon, Suffolk, wrote to Vernon Kay complaining about changing flavors of hot cross buns. Vernon Kay revealed that his Radio 2 co-star Janine Maya-Smith has banned him from discussing his Saturday morning bacon sandwich on air. Vernon Kay and his colleagues were ranking various types of sourdough bread on air, which he described as controversial.
Vernon Kay was left exclaiming 'why would you say that' after his Radio 2 colleague Janine Maya-Smith remarked that he stands exactly like his dad. Vernon Kay quipped he would 'get fired' if he commented on a listener's story about her mother failing a driving test in 1983 due to not wearing a seatbelt. A listener shared a story that her mother failed her driving test in 1983 because she didn't have her seatbelt on, two days after the law went into action.
I didn't expect us to touch a nerve the way that we have. 'Morning Vern and team, this is Rachel in Brandon, Suffolk, do not, please do not mess with a hot cross bun. Once you change the flavours, toffee, apple, chocolate, you name it, they're sticking everything in there these days, it is no longer a hot cross bun.'
Jeremy Vine revealed on air that he used his remote control to turn off a neighbor's TV in a hotel by leaning out his window. Vernon Kay joked that from now on when people ask what Jeremy Vine is like, he will say 'He turns people's televisions off from a distance'. Vernon Kay remained silent when Jeremy Vine mentioned the sacking of colleague Scott Mills on his programme.
Vernon Kay suffered a painful injury to his back and spine after jumping down two steps at the BBC canteen before his show. Vernon Kay said he 'can't do it anymore' after the injury, realizing he's 'of an age' where he must be more careful.
Steve, I'll be honest with you, if we were friends, which we are, we're work colleagues, and you were to come round my house on a Saturday morning when I'm making my bacon sandwich, which Janine banned me from talking about, because it's so delicious, I think I would change your mind.
Vernon Kay made a cheeky 'biased' confession on Instagram, praising his wife Tess Daly's swim shorts design as the comfiest he's ever worn. Vernon Kay replied to a fan on Instagram saying he takes 'as many [holidays] as I can!! Life’s too short.'
Jeremy Vine discussed government guidance on screen time for children, suggesting public opinion on children using smartphones could become as critical as attitudes towards smoking. Vernon Kay shared an anecdote about seeing a young person at the gym on a rowing machine who sat for 12 minutes without exercising because they were using their phone. Jeremy Vine joked that some people think you build muscles by simply scrolling, and they have more muscles than anyone, which Vernon Kay found unbelievable.
Janine has just said something that happens to us all as we, in inverted commas, 'mature'. I was just stood up looking at the wonderful vista in front of us, Central London in all its glory, all its glory. I can see Regents Park, all the flats on the hill there, Wembley Stadium to my left, and she said, 'Goodness gracious me, you're stood exactly like your dad'. I was having such a good morning, why would you say that? It's not fair, I don't want to look like my dad.
Vernon Kay has been presenting BBC Radio 2's mid-morning show since taking over from Ken Bruce in 2023. Scott Mills was sacked from the BBC following an allegation of personal conduct. The BBC issued a statement disclosing they 'obtained new information' which contradicted their culture and values regarding Scott Mills' dismissal. Vernon Kay and Sara Cox are frontrunners to replace Scott Mills on the BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show, with odds at 3/1.
Funny story, my mum back in the day was sitting her driving test and she went through the whole test and right at the end the examiner said 'you've failed,' because she didn't have her seatbelt on. It was two days after that law went into action. You'd think the examiner would just say 'Remember the new law'.
I want to say something but I can't because I'll get fired. Why would the person do that? 'Just to remind you, there's a new law in place, do you know what that is?' Really easy. Really easy, just put on your seatbelt and away you go, they would have passed otherwise.
Do you know what I did? I leaned out my window with my remote and I taught him that every time he puts the TV volume up above six it mysteriously turns itself off, and he couldn't work out what was going on. And it was a victory for the little man. It was one of the most satisfying moments of my life. The remote worked on his TV as well.
From now on when everyone asks me, 'What is Jeremy Vine like?', I'm going to say, 'He turns people's televisions off from a distance'.
You've got to be careful when you're doing stuff like that. When you do things like that it makes you realise you're off an age. I did that giddy thing today, and this relates to the story we're going to do on your voice notes later. As you step down into the BBC canteen, there's just two steps. There's two steps. Now if you take yourself back to when you were 11, at high school, you would jump those two steps. You'd see the two steps and go 'wahey, I'm not going to step down the two steps, I'm going to jump down the two steps.' Well I unfortunately did that this morning. In the canteen I saw two steps and thought 'I'll jump down them, easy.' Like a kid. Well my knees don't have the suspension they used to have when I was 11. They were like two fence posts and I felt it right in the hips. It went right up to the top of my spine. You just can't do it anymore. You just can't do it anymore.
Very grateful for a knockout week in the sunshine…And proud to be rocking @naia_beach men’s swim shorts. I am biased as they’re a @tessdaly design, but they are THE comfiest shorts I’ve ever drank rum punch in!! (And swam in of course!!)
As many as I can!! Life’s too short.
Firstly, do you say, 'Well, that's impossible', or actually, 'About time, too'. And are we getting to the point where, I mean, for example, Vern, I was on the train the other day and there were two young, quite young children with their dad. The dad was on the phone, both of them had a device, both of them were about four, six-years-old. Is it going to be like seeing children smoking? Where you would not hesitate to say, 'Put that out', even if it's not your child.
So I had to go to another machine. I watched him. I finished doing my exercises on another machine, didn't do anything because it just...you become submerged in content. And you forget. You forget what's going on in the world. It separates you. And I felt like going, 'Get off your phone!'
When I've been to the gym, there are people who think you build muscles by simply scrolling. Yeah, they don't do any exercises at all, and the weird thing is, they've got more muscles than anyone. And they're just walking around flexing. Oh, it must be drugs.
You're unbelievable!