Greg James breaks silence after missing Radio 1 breakfast show following Brit Awards party
Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy BBC DJ Greg James failing to turn up to his Radio 1 Breakfast Show was pre-planned, it has been revealed. However, his colleague Clara Amfo has since confirmed that James was “taken” and would later be in touch with the Scott Mills Radio 1 show at 1pm on 19 February. In a short audio clip, James is heard saying he was “taken away from the Brits last night… I was at an after party and I was taken and I’m locked away.” He added: “It was really busy.it got really busy.it must have been an hour and half in, I got bundled out the back door, a blindfold was put on me and I was put in a car. “It's so hazy because.and you can hear it in my voice.I had a lot of wine.” James then said he fell asleep with headphones on before eventually being bundled out, put in a wheelchair, and taken to an unknown building where he has been locked in an empty white room.
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