She is stepping away from TV work in the wake of her public rows with Ian Wright 😳
Eni Aluko calls British TV a 'toxic space' as she QUITS broadcasting work after row with Ian Wright and clash with Simon Jordan
Eni Aluko has labelled British television a 'very toxic space' and revealed she is stepping away from TV work in the wake of her public rows with Ian Wright over sexism and race issues.
Aluko, the ex-Lioness turned pundit, has hit the headlines again after doubling down on her view that male pundits are blocking opportunities in the women's game - comments that first sparked a spat with Wright.
Despite apologising for her initial statements last April, Aluko reignited her war of words with the Arsenal legend and took aim at former Premier League footballer Nedum Onuoha on the 90s Baby Show podcast.
The 38-year-old appeared to take issue with Wright and Onuoha being two of the six pundits across ITV and the BBC during the Women's Euros final last summer, while she and fellow Lionesses legend Fara Williams were not involved.
She also later claimed Wright didn't fight her corner when ITV decided not to extend her contract as a pundit in what she described as 'the most difficult time in my career'.
Aluko then appeared on talkSPORT on Tuesday afternoon and, at the end of a controversial appearance on the show with Jim White and Simon Jordan, claimed she is stopping her work in broadcasting in Britain altogether.
'I think in the UK… it's a very toxic space for me. And I'm fighting now to just even have an opinion,' she explained.
'There is a feeling that I can't say anything without the instant backlash that comes with the fact people have already decided they don't like you.'
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