A 2007 clip has resurfaced showing Charlotte Church confronting Chris Moyles about a sexual comment he made to her when she was 15 years old in 2002
Emma O’Neill Content Editor and Lucretia Munro
18:45, 11 Apr 2026
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The BBC has been urged to launch an investigation after historical footage re-emerged showing Chris Moyles being challenged five years after making an inappropriate sexual remark to Charlotte Church when she was just 15 years old.
The initial incident took place in 2002 when Chris, then aged 27, was presenting a programme on BBC Radio One during which he offered to take her virginity. Footage of Charlotte confronting Chris about this in 2007 has now spread widely online.
The resurfaced footage comes from the singer’s former chat show, The Charlotte Church Show, where she tackled Chris directly about his remarks. When pressed to explain his “behaviour”, he said: “Well, you were under 16, yeah 15. But you were gonna be 16 and I offered to take your virginity.”
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Pushing the matter further and refusing to let the audience’s laughter derail her questioning, Charlotte continued: “What exactly did you say?”
Faced with the direct challenge, he responded that he had told her he wanted to “lead her through the forest of sexuality now that she had reached 16.” In his defence, he characterised the proposition as “sweet”, reports the Mirror.
According to reports, the broadcasting standards commission “condemned” his remark at the time. Earlier this month, the Mirror disclosed that former BBC Radio 1 and 2 DJ Scott Mills was interviewed in 2018 regarding historical allegations of serious sexual offences, though the investigation – which commenced in 2016 – was discontinued in 2019 after the CPS concluded there was inadequate evidence to proceed with charges. The allegations are understood to relate to incidents between 1997 and 2000. The Metropolitan Police confirmed to the Mirror that the teenage boy involved in the investigation was under 16 years of age.
On 1 April, The Mirror reported that the BBC was compelled to end Mills’ contract following the receipt of significant new information. The BBC subsequently corroborated the Mirror’s account a day after it came to light that they possessed knowledge concerning the police investigation, pledging that they were “doing more work to understand the detail of what was known by the BBC at this time.”
The call for scrutiny regarding Moyles’ conduct comes in the wake of this development. The DJ was employed by the broadcaster from 1997 to 2012 and currently presents on Radio X.
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One person wrote: “This was a really tough watch. She exposed him and no one listened, surely the BBC have got to look into this.”
Reflecting the widespread anger and disbelief amongst the public, another person commented: “License fees having been funding this carry on for years, it’s all coming out now. Why is he not being looked into?” Meanwhile, a third viewer wrote: “The cringe thing is this clearly isn’t a bit, this happened, you can see how uncomfortable it made Moyles feel, fair play Charlotte for calling him out, seems like cool, collected revenge in the most classy way possible. Shame it didn’t end his career.”
The Mirror has contacted both Chris Moyles and Charlotte Church for a comment.
A spokesperson for the BBC told the Mirror: “Chris Moyles hasn’t worked at the BBC for more than 14 years now. However, there are no circumstances in which similar language or behaviour would be tolerated by the BBC today.”
Casting her mind back to the incident in 2023, during an interview with comedy actress Kathy Burke as part of her Channel 4 documentary Growing Up, Charlotte reflected: “It wasn’t good, but at least it was out in the open.”
She went on to say: “That lads, lads, lads culture was dominant. It was very simplistic, it was unashamed, it was just out there and everybody knew what it was. But now it’s become more underground, and more dangerous.”
At the time of Charlotte’s appearance on the documentary, a BBC spokesperson stated: “Like all parts of the organisation we adhere to the BBC’s Editorial Guidelines and take our duty of care for our audience, contributors and employees very seriously.”
