Dan Walker hopes Helen Skelton isn't getting 'flak' for quitting radio show to be with kids

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Dan Walker has shown support for his friend and co-presenter Helen Skelton after she decided to quit her job on 5 Live. The radio host broadcast her final shop on Sunday morning after taking over the slot from former Love Island host Laura Whitmore.

During her last show, presenter Steve Crossman said he was emotional that Skelton was leaving. To which she replied: " “I know, I don’t want to but an eight-year-old will be happy about it.” Walker, who hosts 5 News, also co-hosts a new four-part travel series with Skelton.

The show, titled Dan & Helen's Pennine Adventure, will Tuesday at 9am. Following news of her departure from the radio, he has described her as a "great mum". READ MORE: Helen Skelton supported by Gorka Marquez as she shares update on new move after emotionally quitting radio job Speaking on the Jeremy Vine show, Walker said: "She is an incredibly dedicated mum to her three children and she would say if she were here this morning – she’s not, she is with her kids this morning – she would say that parents are making compromises all the time.

Of her three children, two of them play football on a Sunday morning and she’s made the decision that practically, she would much rather watch them play football and encourage them to do that than be on the radio at that time. "And I think that is a decision that parents are making all the time.