BBC axes new Ashley Cain sequence after ‘utterly unacceptable’ tweets resurface

The BBC has axed the second season of Ashley Cain: Into the Hazard Zone after an investigation revealed a sequence of historic misogynistic tweets.

Within the resurfaced tweets, which have been unearthed by The Guardian, Cain used abusive phrases and sexualised language, referring to girls as ‘s**ts’, ‘s**gs’, and ‘psychos’.

He additionally made jokes about hitting girls.

When the social media posts have been first delivered to the eye of the BBC, the broadcaster mentioned it was taking the matter ‘significantly’ and eliminated deliberate repeats of season considered one of Ashley Cain: Into the Hazard Zone from its schedules.

A second season of the documentary sequence has already been filmed, and Cain beforehand mentioned on social media it could be ‘dropping this summer season’.

Nevertheless, the BBC has now determined to not go forward with the printed and mentioned it has no upcoming initiatives with Cain within the pipeline.

In a press release to The Sun, the BBC mentioned: “The posts by Ashley Cain, albeit from a few years in the past, are utterly unacceptable.

“The BBC has clear necessities round vetting and social media checks, that are undertaken by the manufacturing firm. On this occasion, the method clearly failed and we’re investigating why.

“We’re persevering with to strengthen our processes to make sure everybody working for, and on behalf of, the BBC meets our values and requirements.

“We’ve got no plans to broadcast the brand new sequence of Into the Hazard Zone, and no future initiatives with Ashley Cain.”

The Guardian’s investigation highlighted a number of tweets, together with a put up from 2015 during which he mentioned he would ‘choke slam’ Love Island star Jessica Hayes ‘actual fast’, and one from 2014, when he instructed one other X to ‘go and choke on a c**ok you s**t’.

The newspaper said there have been a dozen or so different related tweets.

For the reason that historic tweets have been delivered to mild, Cain’s X account has been faraway from the platform totally.

Cain started his profession as a footballer earlier than shifting into actuality TV when he appeared on MTV’s Ex on the Seashore between 2014 and 2015.

Alongside his Into the Hazard Zone sequence, Cain has additionally appeared on Movie star SAS: Who Dares Wins and Movie star Masterchef.

In addition to his TV profession, Cain is understood for his fundraising work following the loss of life of his daughter Azaylia, who tragically died at simply eight-months outdated after being identified with acute lyeloid leukaemia.

LADbible has reached out to representatives for Cain for remark.