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Sir Tom Jones Breaks Silence over The Voice UK Exit Rumours and Says He Was "Fired"
Jones said ITV let him go over an insurance cost issue and offered him a reduced role instead of keeping him as a full coach.
On Tuesday, Sir Tom Jones announced he was fired from The Voice, claiming ITV cited 'financial difficulty with insurance' as the reason for his departure after 13 years.
ITV claimed they wanted to 'refresh' the show with a new coaching line-up, leaving no chair for Jones; he was offered a 'much-reduced role' he said he was 'not thrilled' about.
The 86-year-old singer wrote on social media: 'To be clear, I did not want to leave The Voice,' adding there is 'never a good time to fire an 86-year-old who's still pretty good at his job.'
Despite the firing, a Press Association source reported ITV remains 'hopeful' the singer will return; meanwhile, reports suggest rappers Aitch and singer Cheryl Tweedy could replace Jones on the coaching panel.
Production for the 2027 series begins shortly, continuing a show that has featured coaches including McFly members Tom Fletcher and Danny Jones, Will.i.am, and Kelly Rowland alongside Jones over its tenure.
After participating as a ‘coach’ in 13 seasons of the British version of the musical ‘talent show’, the singer has lamented on social networks being among the last to learn of a decision that the network justifies with “a financial problem related to insurance”
Producers of the show "British Voice gives up the legendary singer Tom Jones. It doesn't seem at all at all at all at all with the decision of ITV. In a post published on social networks on Tuesday, Tom Jones accused the decision of British television. "To be clear, I didn't want to leave the show "The Voice", because I love it very much and...