Danny Baker enlisted security guards for his tour after getting sacked by the BBC over a controversial tweet.
The 62-year-old radio DJ – who was fired from Radio 5 Live back in May for posting a picture of a chimpanzee in a suit following the birth of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s baby Archie – performed live gigs days after his departure, and fears over backlash meant his team had to take "extra" measures for his protection.
Speaking on James O’Brien’s ‘Full Disclosure’ podcast, he said: "They laid on extra security … I was told there might be protests. There wasn’t.
"You can get into that mentality where you think everyone’s now waiting to throw a rock at you. I got one bit of hate mail."
Danny has repeatedly apologised for the scandal and denied any allegations of racism, insisting he was trying to make a joke about class.
He has now hit back at those responsible for sacking him.
Danny added: "I’d hate to go to watch a film with these people who fired me.
"They’d watch the opening scene, where someone’s in a locked room holding a smoking gun, there’s a body on the floor and they’d say, ‘Shall we go? We’ve seen who’s done it.’ "
Following the immediate backlash, Danny tweeted an apology after deleting the offending post and said the offensive meaning behind it "never occurred" to him.
He later "formally apologised" in a string of tweets and attempted to explain his "awful gaffe" admitting that he "f****d up" and is "not feeling sorry for [himself]".
Danny wrote: "Following one of the worst days of my life I just want to formally apologise for the outrage I caused and explain how I got myself into this mess.
"I chose the wrong photo to illustrate a joke. Disastrously so.
"Deleting it immediately and apologising for the awful gaffe I even foolishly tried to make light of it. (My situation that is, not the racism involved.) Too late and here I am.
"I would like once and for all to apologise to every single person who, quite naturally, took the awful connection at face value. I understand that and all of the clamour and opprobrium I have faced since. I am not feeling sorry for myself. I fucked up. Badly.
"But it was a genuine, naive and catastrophic mistake.
"The picture in context as presented was obviously shamefully racist. It was never intended so – seriously who on earth would ‘go there’?
"Anyway i am now paying the price for this crass & regrettable blunder and rightly so. (sic)"
Danny Baker hired extra security for tour over backlash fears
