Back in 2011, The Mirror published a hit piece on Steve Wright. I’m not going to link to it, and I’m not going to extensively quote from it. Indeed, you may wonder why I’d even bring it up on the day his death has been announced.
I’ll just give you the short version: they called him a fat loner.
It was obviously deeply unpleasant. But I wondered: how was he going to deal with is on his next Radio 2 show? Make a big thing of it, and you look weird and over-sensitive, despite how nasty it was. Maybe it’s best to ignore it entirely… but that’s a little weird too. Elephants in the room are bad things, whether you’re responsible for the elephant or not.
So I tuned in, wondering what he was going to do. The opening music starts up, the big cheer. Steve introduces himself, as usual. Then a pause.
And then, muttered under his breath: “I’m so lonely…”
Then on with the show.
Perfect.