Lesbian TV host Sandi Toksvig has revealed Cambridge University almost kicked her out because her girlfriend stayed the night.
However the Danish-British comedian, author, presenter eventually got to stay because of her ‘excellent academic record’. Toksvig, now 62, joked that the college told her that ‘if you are going to be gay, at least be clever’.
But she said at the time the incident was ‘extremely painful and distressing’. Toksvig is now most famous at the host of BBC quiz show QI and as the former co-presenter of Channel 4’s The Great British Bake Off.
But she also spent 10 years hosting BBC Radio 4’s The News Quiz. Moreover, she’s an LGBT+ advocate and the co-founder of Britain’s Women’s Equality Party.