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Radio presenter Lynsey Hipgrave cut off a caller on her on talkSPORT on Monday morning - because he referred to her as 'love' and 'darling'.

The Geordie broadcaster was stepping in for Alan Brazil on his breakfast show.

She was discussing the subject of Martin Glenn's controversial comments surrounding Pep Guardiola's yellow ribbon protest alongside former Liverpool midfielder Danny Murphy, report the Chronicle.

She was asking listeners for their opinion, however one of the callers - ‘Gareth’ - referred to her as ‘love’ and ‘darling’.

The broadcaster was not happy with Gareth and shut him down - cutting his call short.

The exchange was posted on the talkSPORT Twitter account and prompted debate about whether ‘Gareth’ had been sexist and whether the broadcaster was right to pull him up on it.

The full transcript of the conversation

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Lynsey Hipgrave: Hello Gareth.

Gareth: Hello Love.

LH: What’s your thoughts about this love?

Gareth: I think they should sack him.

LH: His apology isn’t enough? Do you think it’s gone too far?

Gareth: Excuse me darling...

LH: Alright, you don’t need to call me darling. I’m not your darling.

Gareth: I’m a Liverpool fan and by the way thanks Danny [Murphy] for scoring all those goals against Manchester United.

Danny Murphy: My pleasure

Gareth: The fact is love...

LH: Gareth, you know what? Because you can’t speak to me properly I’m going to sack your call off love, but there you go.

Hipgrave has been a victim of sexist abuse previously when, back in 2016, she tweeted criticism at Barcelona’s Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez for passing a penalty.

Within moments of her tweet, she was bombarded with sexist tweets including “We need sandwiches not opinions” and “somewhere there’s a kitchen and it’s missing something.”