Huw Edwards has chastised the public for passing judgment too quickly, amid the disgraced BBC News presenter’s attempt at mounting a comeback in the public eye.Edwards was one of the BBC’s highest-paid newsreaders, known for presenting the BBC’s News at Ten for decades, before he pled guilty to making indecent images of children in July 2024. He was given a six-month suspended jail sentence and was added to the sex offenders’ register.Writing on his new Substack blog, which he has said is an attempt to rebuild “some kind of worthwhile life” and discuss mental health, Edwards described the landscape we find ourselves in as one that “celebrates judgment” and “prioritises anger over restraint [and] empowers the cynical”.He wrote: “Passing judgment on our fellow humans has become a pervasive pastime…While some judge to bolster their own self-worth, others do so to belittle and vilify. But here’s what we all do: we usually pass judgment on others without knowing the complete picture. Such is the rush to judge that we hardly ever pause to ask ourselves if we are truly qualified to pronounce and condemn.”Huw Edwards pleaded guilty to sex offences in 2024 (AFP/Getty)Discussing his own sexual misconduct, Edwards said that he “started behaving with shocking recklessness, engaging with people in a way that the sane, healthy me would have abhorred”.He added: “A relatively saner, healthier me can say today that I look back at this period – much of which my mind has simply expunged – with unfathomable shame and disbelief. But it happened. And I have to accept that it happened.”Edwards has been publishing on Substack since June, two months after he said in a statement that he intended to “challenge the misleading or fabricated claims” made in recent coverage about him.The Welshman was the subject of a Channel 5 drama in March, starring Martin Clunes in the role of Edwards. Edwards himself criticised the TV film, calling it a “one-sided account” of the saga.Martin Clunes played Huw Edwards in a Channel 5 drama this year (Wonderhood Studios)Watch Apple TV+ free for 7 dayNew subscribers only. £9.99/mo. after free trial. Plan auto-renews until cancelled.Try for freeADVERTISEMENT. If you sign up to this service we will earn commission. This revenue helps to fund journalism across The Independent.Watch Apple TV+ free for 7 dayNew subscribers only. £9.99/mo. after free trial. Plan auto-renews until cancelled.Try for freeADVERTISEMENT. If you sign up to this service we will earn commission. This revenue helps to fund journalism across The Independent.“A number of serious questions still remain to be answered, and not just by me,” he wrote in a statement. “It will now take some time for me to produce my own account, and until then I do not intend to comment any further.”Edwards previously claimed the production company behind the Channel 5 drama, Wonderhood Studios, failed to check the “truth” of the narratives shown in the series, relating to allegations made by The Sun in July 2023 which claimed that a “top BBC star” paid a teenager more than £35,000 for sexual pictures.Edwards added that he felt “deep regret and remorse” for his crimes and said his behaviour was “reckless, shameful, and damaging”.A previous statement from Channel 5 said: “Power: The Downfall of Huw Edwards is based on extensive interviews with the victim, his family, the journalists who revealed his story, text exchanges between the victim and Edwards, and court reporting.“It has been produced in accordance with Ofcom’s Broadcasting Code. All allegations made in the film were put to Huw Edwards via his solicitors six weeks before transmission.”