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Vanessa Feltz: 'My dear friend Steve Wright was sad beyond words after being treated shamefully'

Vanessa Feltz has disclosed her poignant last text from late friend Steve Wright - as she claims BBC boss Tim Davie agreed the 'axed' Radio 2 star had been treated 'shamefully'

Here is an exclusive extract from her new memoir Vanessa Bares All: Frank, Funny and Fearless - serialised this weekend in the Mirror- the LBC star reveals why... Unconscionably and incomprehensibly my dear friend, radio titan Steve Wright, was removed from his afternoon show despite stellar listening figures. Steve, devastated and trying hard to keep a lid on his heartbreak, told me personally he was turfed out of Radio 2 with no show and no job and had to ask with a meeting with Director-General Tim Davie to request (he didn't use the word beg) to keep on presenting Sunday Love Songs.

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