One of the BBC's highest-earning presenters has mentioned he's "deeply sorry" after a newspaper report alleged he had shared a sexually specific {photograph} with workers.

A variety of claims have been made about Stephen Nolan in The Irish News on Tuesday, together with that he had despatched the picture of actuality TV star Stephen Bear in 2016.

It was reported that the presenter shared the picture when he had wished to e book Bear as a visitor on his TV present.

Bear, a former Celebrity Big Brother winner, was jailed for 21 months earlier this yr after being convicted of revenge porn and voyeurism.

Addressing the allegations on his morning radio present on Radio Ulster on Friday, Nolan mentioned: "We have had days, as you most likely know, of headlines about me and the Nolan crew within the papers this week.

"I am not ignoring the story. It is just that the BBC has processes in place to deal with staff complaints and I do need to totally respect those processes.

"They have gotten to be confidential for them to work.

"I can say one thing though and it is that I am sorry.

"There was {a photograph}, it was broadly out there on the web and I used to be speaking to a long-term pal and peer outdoors of labor.

"I am deeply sorry."

Nolan is the BBC's fifth-highest paid expertise and earns between £400,000-404,999.

Only Gary Lineker, Zoe Ball, Alan Shearer and Huw Edwards are paid extra.

He's rejected a declare that his crew manipulate programmes by planting producers within the studio viewers.

The Irish News additionally alleges a former member of workers made a declare of bullying and harassment in opposition to Nolan, which has not been upheld.

The publication additionally mentioned that messages between Nolan's crew members included abusive remarks about politicians.

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In an announcement earlier this week, BBC Northern Ireland's director Adam Smyth mentioned: "There are important considerations of fairness and confidentiality involved in the handling of any workplace-related complaint.

"We take these obligations critically - and within the pursuits of everybody concerned.

"It is for these reasons that we cannot comment on the specifics of any individual case, who/what it may have involved or its outcome."

Content Source: information.sky.com