Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha: BBC’s Dan Roan sorry for ‘mistress’ comment about dead Leicester owner’s assistant Nusara Suknamai
- Journalist Dan Roan made comments at memorial when he thought he was off-air
- Roan described owner’s assistant, who also died in helicopter crash, as his mistress
A BBC journalist has apologised after disparaging comments made about one of the victims killed in Saturday’s helicopter crash alongside Leicester City owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha.
Sports editor Dan Roan caused outrage among fans when his off-air conversation with a producer was picked up by a Sky News live feed outside the King Power Stadium, where thousands of fans had left tributes and flowers at a memorial to mark the crash site.
Roan was filmed referring to married father-of-four Srivaddhanaprabha’s personal assistant Nusara Suknamai, a former Thai beauty queen, as the billionaire owner’s “mistress”.
“As opposed to the mistress who died in the crash, otherwise known as member of staff, i.e. mistress ... family man ...” Roan said.
He added: “But that’s what you do if you are a billionaire or royalty, it’s relatively expected so we shouldn’t judge.”