Rylan Clark hits back at Sally Boazman on Bbc Radio 2
Rylan Clark hit back live on radio 2 this weekend after Sally Boazman called him “difficult.” The exchange played out in studio, with Clark turning the comment into a sharp on-air row that listeners heard in real time.
Clark and Boazman in studio
“What's your problem?” Clark asked, before Boazman replied: “I don't have a problem.” She said, “You were so rude about me to Ellie. I was so nice about you.” Clark answered, “You wasn't, you liar, you said I was difficult.”
Boazman, better known to listeners as Sally Traffic, pushed back with, “I said, 'You could be difficult'.” Clark then fired back, “Well that's like saying, 'It could be you', it's not the lottery.” Boazman closed that stretch with, “Do you know what, the week I win the lottery, you'll never see me again.”
Sally Traffic and the foot injury
Clark later shifted tone and expressed sympathy after Boazman said she had had a difficult week following a foot injury sustained while out shopping. That move softened the edge of the row, but it also showed how quickly the exchange moved from accusation to banter on a live Radio 2 show.
The clash landed because both presenters are already familiar to the same audience, and Clark had previously said on his Radio 2 show that Boazman was the first person to meet his new partner after they crossed paths during his first date. That detail gives the exchange a workplace feel rather than a one-off gripe.
The Assembly and Clark's private life
Clark's appearance on ITV's The Assembly added another layer to the moment. He was asked, “When you told your husband you cheated on him, he divorced you. Is honesty always the best policy?” and answered, “oh wow,” before saying, “Yeah, I think it is. I’m okay admitting I’m in the wrong, because actually I don’t deal well with guilt and I don’t deal well with secrets.”
He also said, “It made me so ill, like so ill. It sounds a terrible thing to say, but I’m glad it happened.” Clark and Dan Neal split in 2021 after six years of marriage, and he has since found love again with fairground worker Kennedy Bates, reportedly beginning to date her last summer. On air, though, the point was simpler: Clark met the jibe head-on, and Boazman kept the exchange in the realm of radio banter rather than fallout.
