Baker, who has 501,000 followers, captioned the post: "Royal baby leaves hospital." The post received immediate backlash, forcing Baker to quickly remove the offensive picture. He later apologised: "Sorry my gag pic of the little fella in the posh outfit has whipped some up. Never occurred to me because, well, mind not diseased. "Soon as those good enough to point out its possible connotations got in touch, down it came. And that's it."<doc-sep>D anny Baker apologised after he was accused of posting a racially insensitive tweet following the birth of the royal baby, before being fired from BBC Radio 5 Live. Baker, 61, sparked outrage over a black and white picture of a chimpanzee wearing a suit, which he captioned: “Royal baby leaves hospital.” The “absolutely disgraceful” image was swiftly deleted, with Baker telling followers he did not consider the “possible connotations”. “Sorry my gag pic of the little fella in the posh outfit has whipped some up,” he tweeted. “Never occurred to me because, well, mind not diseased. Soon as those good enough to point out its possible connotations got in touch, down it came.” Sorry: Broadcaster Danny Baker / Philip Toscano/PA He finished: “And that’s it. Now stand by for sweary football tweets.” Offensive: the now-deleted Tweet posted by Danny Baker Reiterating his apology he claimed he was making a jibe at the Royal Family and later posted: “Once again. Sincere apologies for the stupid unthinking gag pic earlier. Was supposed to be joke about Royals vs circus animals in posh clothes but interpreted as about monkeys & race, so rightly deleted. Royal watching not my forte. Also, guessing it was my turn in the barrel.” The broadcaster presenter said it was “perfectly understandable” for his tweet to “gather fury”. Baker was soon trending on Twitter as users berated the broadcaster, with some calling for him to be sacked. Baker wrote: “Ha! I see my silly unthinking gag pic earlier has me trending. Last time that happened it had been announced I had head cancer. On balance...” Harry and Meghan name baby son Archie Twitter was outraged by the post with many refusing to accept his apology, with one user tweeting: “I looked up the Danny Baker tweet, his subsequent mea culpa professing ignorance of its connotations and the unsurprising attempts to deconstruct how not racist it was-by his fans. It’s a picture of a f****** monkey. That’s where we are. 2019. I’m tired and angry.” Another wrote: “This is so vile, and people trying to justify it can do one.” First glimpse of Prince Harry and Meghan's newborn son - In pictures 1 /21 First glimpse of Prince Harry and Meghan's newborn son - In pictures The Duke and Duchess of Sussex gave the world its first glimpse of the royal baby PA The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are joined by her mother, Doria Ragland, as they show their new son, born Monday and named as Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, to the Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh at Windsor Castle Chris Allerton/SussexRoyal/PA The Duke and Duchess of Sussex with their baby son, who was born last month Dominic Lipinski/PA Meghan said Harry and her son were the "best two guys in the world" Dominic Lipinski/PA Their son was born in the small hours of Monday morning PA The Queen is due to be the first royal to meet the baby PA The Duchess said the birth of the child was "magic" PA Dominic Lipinski/PA The Duke and Duchess of Sussex revealed the name of their son on Wednesday as Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor PA PA Dominic Lipinski/PA Dominic Lipinski/PA Dominic Lipinski/PA Dominic Lipinski/PA Dominic Lipinski/PA Dominic Lipinski/PA Dominic Lipinski/PA Dominic Lipinski/PA Dominic Lipinski/PA Sky News Sky News A third posted: “I used to think Danny Baker was funny as too, but if a monkey is the first thing you ‘think’ about regarding a mixed race baby, you’ve got issues clearly!” Another wrote: “Is there a petition going to get Danny Baker sacked? My pen is ready #racist.” Baker later revealed he had been fired from his position at 5 Live, tweeting: “Just got fired from @bbc5live. For the record - it was red sauce. Always.” Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor made his debut to the world on Wednesday morning at Windsor Castle alongside his parents Meghan Markle and Prince Harry.<doc-sep>LONDON — A BBC radio personality was fired on Thursday after tweeting an image of a couple holding hands with a suited chimpanzee alongside the caption: “Royal Baby leaves hospital.” The radio host, Danny Baker, who had an anarchic Saturday morning call-in show on the British broadcaster’s national news and sports station, Radio 5 Live, posted the tweet Wednesday evening, hours after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex introduced their newborn son to the world. Mr. Baker deleted his tweet within hours, but it circulated widely online and drew outrage for its racist imagery. British social media users called for the BBC to fire him. He announced his firing with another tweet Thursday morning. Radio 5 Live confirmed the news in a statement, calling Mr. Baker’s initial tweet a “serious error of judgment” that “goes against the values we as a station aim to embody.”<doc-sep>
BBC radio presenter Danny Baker has apologised after posting a tweet about the royal baby using a picture of a monkey. The 61-year-old former I'm A Celebrity campmate deleted the 'racially insensitive' post on Twitter after the connotations were pointed out by users. The controversy started not long after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex gave the world its first glimpse of the latest addition to the royal family, Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor. The celebrated writer posted a photo of a couple holding the hands of a monkey dressed in a suit, captioning it with: " Royal baby leaves hospital". (Image: Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock) There was uproar and while Baker trended on Twitter he removed the post. He then posted an apology, claiming that he had originally failed to realise the implications of posting the pic. In a second tweet, Baker wrote: "Sorry my gag pic of the little fella in the posh outfit has whipped some up. Never occurred to me because, well, mind not diseased. "Soon as those good enough to point out it’s possible connotations got in touch, down it came. And that’s it. (Image: PA) "Now stand by for sweary football tweets." Baker then replied to one of his followers, stating that the post was not meant to be 'racially insensitive'. He wrote: "Connection never occurred to me till people were good enough to enlighten. "Little fella in posh suit. Anyway, deleted now." (Image: Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock) (Image: PA) The tweet had left a bitter taste in many people's mouths and the fallout rumbled along on Twitter for hours after he deleted his tweet. One commenter wrote: "Blimey that Danny Baker tweet is a shocker." Another pointed out: "Not sure how you could ever explain the thought process of putting up such a crass photo." Do you have a story to sell? Get in touch with us at webcelebs@trinitymirror.com or call us direct 0207 29 33033.