Webster back on our screens days after raunchy FHM photo shoot that angered Sky Sports News colleagues
- 30-year-old presenter pictured on cover of 'lads' mag' FHM
- Female colleagues angry she's made it harder for them to be taken seriously
- Charlie hosts mid-morning slot alongside Adam Levanthal
- New pictures show Sheffield-born Webster during her 'lingerie model' days
- Webster has been presenting for Sky Sports News since 2010
By GRAEME YORKE
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Charlie Webster was back on Sky Sports News after she angered colleagues for posing in her underwear for this month's edition of 'lads' mag' FHM.
The 30-year-old presenter kept hold of her weekend shift, and hosted the Saturday mid-morning slot alongside Adam Leventhal.
Charles Sale's Sports Agenda last week broke news of disquiet at Sky Sports HQ over the raunchy shoot, casting her long-term future with the broadcast giant into doubt.
Scroll down to watch video of Charlie's FHM shoot...
Back in the mix: Charlie Webster kept her weekend slot after posing in her underwear for FHM
In good company: Webster sat alongside co-presenter Adam Leventhal
But cover girl Webster, an occasional host unlike core presenters Hayley McQueen, Natalie Sawyer and Kirsty Gallacher, has kept her Saturday shift despite the considerable upset.
More pictures emerged last week of Webster's modelling past from 2004. Described then as a lingerie model, the shoot took place several years before Sheffield-born Webster began working for the TV network in 2010.
The FHM pictures of the glamorous Webster in her underwear has especially upset a number of her female colleagues, who feel such exposure can only damage their efforts to be taken seriously as broadcast journalists and become known for the quality of their work rather than their looks.
Angered: Webster's female colleagues were believed to be angered by her provocative shoot in this month's FHM
Seductive: Webster poses with a strawberry (left) and rooting around in a fridge (right)
Cover girl: Webster smiles for the camera on the front of the "lads' magazine"
And Webster will not have helped her career prospects either with her disparaging take on SSN’s biggest production of the year:
‘On transfer deadline day, if it’s quiet, we’ll mess about passing blank pieces of paper pretending they’re breaking news stories. Everyone does it. It can be hilarious.’
SSN top brass are also angered that Webster’s photo spread comes at a time when the station are giving more prominence to the achievements of women in sport.
Fur enough: Sky Sports News presenter Charlie Webster poses for a lingerie shoot in 2004. The TV host began working for Sky in 2010
Unearthed: Webster posed for these shots in 2004, before she joined Sky Sports News
VIDEO: Watch Charlie's FHM shoot...
Webster: I'm just a down-to-earth Northern girl that’s doing all right
Charlie Webster (right, presenting Sky Sports News) has laughed off her glamour girl image, insisting she's just a down-to-earth Sheffield lass with a love of the beautiful game.
The 30-year-old's TV career has taken her around the world with stints at Real Madrid TV, presenting Premier League football for ESPN and Sky Sports News.
It was all a world away from Bramall Lane where Sheffield United fan Webster got her first taste of football.
She told the MSN website: 'I used to go with my dad all the time as he had a season ticket. And then at half-time I used to sit drinking Bovril and eating fish-and-chips crisps, they’re some of my first memories of watching the football, it was always the Bovril treat.'
Webster says she has not changed despite all the attention.
'I’m not your typical girl in that sense,' she admits. 'I’ve never really thought I had looks or whatever, and I don’t see myself like that at all. I see myself as just a down-to-earth Northern girl that’s doing alright.'
Webster has used her profile to highlight the problems of childhood abuse after revealing she was abused as a teenage athlete.
She told the News of the World: 'I went through a phase of cutting myself. I’ve still got scars on my wrist. I thought I was worthless. I hated myself. You believe what is wrong is your fault.
'But I’ve learned survival is the most powerful thing ever. I want to show people you can come from anything and make something of yourself even if you are an abuse survivor.'
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