{"id":35321,"date":"2023-07-28T13:20:33","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T11:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1865230"},"modified":"2023-07-28T13:29:44","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T11:29:44","slug":"james-martin-apologises-for-crew-incident-i-overreacted","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/james-martin-apologises-for-crew-incident-i-overreacted\/","title":{"rendered":"James Martin apologises for crew \u201cincident\u201d: \u201cI overreacted\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

The chef explains that he had been diagnosed with cancer, he had lost a loved one and his house had been burgled by masked men in the months leading up to the incident. <\/p>

By Morgan Cormack\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 28 July 2023 at 11:20 AM<\/p>

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James Martin has issued a public statement following\u00a0complaints made about his on-set behaviour<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, ITV confirmed that discussions had taken place between the broadcaster and Martin\u2019s production company and reiterated that \u201cpeople and their welfare are our highest priority\u201d.<\/p>\n

The complaints about the TV chef and presenter were made by members of Martin\u2019s crew during production on his food travel series, James Martin\u2019s Spanish Adventure. It was reported that a senior figure at ITV had spoken to Martin, who was directed to change his behaviour after a complaint about his conduct was launched in May.<\/p>\n

It was also reported that it was the second time an issue had been raised in recent years following a previous incident in 2018 when major damage was caused to Martin\u2019s house during filming.<\/p>\n

In audio obtained by The Sun<\/a>, Martin can be heard admonishing crew on a Zoom call following the damage, which led to a drain being blocked in his home during the filming of James Martin\u2019s Saturday Morning.<\/p>\n

In a new Instagram<\/a> post, Martin apologised for his reaction to the 2018 incident, and explained that in the months leading up to it, he had been diagnosed with cancer, he had lost a loved one and his house had been burgled by masked men.<\/p>

He wrote: \u201cFirstly, I would like to apologise publicly and sincerely to the crew involved in this incident, as I did at the time.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have always strived to keep my private life private. However since details of a conversation, which was secretly recorded in January 2018, are now five years later being made public by a former member of our production team, I have decided to make a statement.\u201d<\/p>\n

He continued: \u201cThe end of 2017 was one of the most fraught and difficult periods of my life. I was dealing with the death of my last living grandparent, my grandfather, and on account of work commitments I could not attend his funeral.<\/p>\n

\u201cLater that month I was burgled at night by a team of masked men, who entered my house while my partner Louise was at home alone and I was away working.\u00a0 I was devastated that she had to go through that alone.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn top of this I was then diagnosed with cancer on my face and I had to have surgery, which I couldn\u2019t do until two days before Christmas when we had finished filming. Since then it has returned on several occasions and I have to have regular treatments.\u201d<\/p>\n