Naga Munchetty has reportedly raked in thousands of pounds through various gigs away from the BBC while under investigation.
The BBC Breakfast presenter, 50, was placed under review in August following complaints of bullying over a three-year period.
She was accused of bullying a female colleague and making a “wildly unprofessional” off-air sex joke that left a co-worker “humiliated”.
Last month, it was claimed Munchetty will be allowed to remain at the BBC’s flagship morning show under strict conditions while an official investigation takes place.
Amid the probe, her earnings at external events has been revealed in the BBC’s quarterly register of its top staff’s pay packets.
Munchetty has been raking considerable sums through commercial jobs such as giving speeches, hosting question and answer sessions for firms, and handing out awards at corporate bashes, The Daily Mail reported.
The newsreader reportedly made up to £56,000 last year through various events.
In September, she was paid more than £10,000 by Mastercard to host a “fireside chat” on how to “succeed from strength”, according to the outlet.
Munchetty is thought to have been a keynote speaker during a two-day Mastercard conference on cybersecurity at the Waldorf Hotel, Rome Cavalieri.
In August, she was paid up to £1,000 to be a contributor at the Queens Park Literary Festival in London to talk about her book It's Probably Nothing, which is about her experience of misogyny in medicine.
A month earlier, she was allegedly paid between £5,000 and £10,000 to host The Grocer Magazine Awards held at the Royal Albert Hall.
Overall, she earned up to £21,000 over just three months, according to the Mail, although the Mastercard gig could have earned her more than £10,000.
The Standard has contacted Munchetty’s representative for comment.
Munchetty is among the BBC’s highest paid stars, earning between £355,000 and £359,999 a year.
The TV host presents BBC Breakfast alongside Stayt every Thursday to Saturday, having joined the show in 2014.
She has been accused of being “hard” and “bullying” her coworkers and came under fire for two alleged incidents over a three-year period, according to a number of sources.
She allegedly used a crude word for a sex act and asked a colleague if they had done it in 2022.
The exact comment hasn’t been reported, however one source claimed it was, “crass, inappropriate and wildly unprofessional. The person felt embarrassed”.
Munchetty was also accused of bullying a woman last year, with The Sun claiming she allegedly accused a younger staffer of stealing, without presenting evidence.
“It was humiliating. There was no evidence, no apology. The woman left not long after, completely demoralised,” an insider said.
Last month, BBC bosses reportedly escalated their review into an official investigation into Munchetty’s alleged behaviour after more complaints were made.
It has now been claimed the broadcaster has assigned watchdogs to keep a close eye on Munchetty in the studios while the probe takes place.
She has been allowed to remain on-air but will have members of production monitoring her and is only allowed to speak to “specific people”, sources claimed.
The Standard contacted Munchetty’s representative for comment at the time. A BBC spokesperson said: “We do not comment on individual HR matters.”
