BBC Radio London listeners will probably know that there's not much love lost between Jo Good and Vanessa Feltz but I was not prepared for Jo's snarky comments on her BBC RL show last night.
Jo starts by sniggering "...ooh, you can't make this up, so OK this is when the world is so funny you have to just laugh.."
She goes on to say that Anna Webb was on the Jeremy Vine show that day, that he adores Anna, Radio 2 Loves Anna, when there's a dog story they will book Anna, Jo mentioned the topic Anna discussed, adding that they will cover it during their dog segment on Thursday night's show.
At this stage I thought it was very strange that Jo had gone on so long without mentioning Anna was actually talking to Vanessa Feltz, who was sitting in...
But - just when when I thought Jo had pointedly dodged mentioning V's name she piped up, "Jeremy Vine's away - Who's covering for Jeremy Vine? VANESSA FELTZ, who is isn't particularly dog-friendly VANESSA FELTZ, how extraordinary!"". She goes on "...how extraordinary that after ALL the years on THIS radio station Vanessa ends up talking to ANNA WEBB on Radio 2 about dogs...you can't make it up can you?".
Hey Jo! None of that is extroadinary, V sits in for lots of people, and she's a great broadcaster who can cover a topic even if she's not interested in it. Jo: Your comment was so bitter and snarky but mainy COWARDLY, all your professional jealousy is coming out now, knowing that shortly V will no longer be a BBC colleague. Vanessa being in demand for a big-bucks contract will make it hard for you to continue claiming that you're being sidelined because you're a woman in your sixties. Sorry Jo, not buying it.
It is not so much what Jo said but the bitter nasty tone she took, it's worth a listen (BBC Sounds 23/08/2022 from 13 minutes 50 seconds in).