He shot to fame as the ruthless Chief Instructor on the gruelling Channel 4 series SAS: Who Dares Wins. 

And in his new book Mental Fitness Ant Middleton has detailed how the ‘woke police’ influenced the much-loved programme he starred in, which led him to getting sacked. 

The ex-soldier, 41, was told his services were no longer required in March after being met with fierce criticism for hitting out at the Black Lives Matter movement and allegedly using ‘inappropriate comments’ around a female cast-member.  

‘I’m f***ing leaving’: Ant Middleton has detailed how the ‘woke police’ influenced SAS: Who Dares Wins – which saw him to getting sacked after anti Black Lives Matter comments

Detailing his exit from the show, Ant wrote that the SAS: Who Dares Wins producers ‘knew that I was going to jump so they pushed me first.’ 

Describing the tensions between him and the execs over health and safety restrictions, he said: ‘Unless this changes, I’m f***ing leaving. I’ll walk off set. I cannot have my recruits interrupted halfway through a task. You’re going to ruin the whole authenticity of the show. It’s out of hand.’  

Six weeks later, Ant’s agents were called to say the ex-soldier wouldn’t be working on the show any more, which he described as the station ‘protecting their brand’. 

He reflected: ‘The first series was so exciting and real because of its brutality. We weren’t pretending to be anything other than what we were — uncompromising alpha males from the military. 

‘That’s obviously the opposite of the show they want now. The woke patrol have their victory, and I’ll be very interested to see where the series goes next.’ 

‘The woke patrol have their victory’: The ex soldier described how the ‘brutality’ of the show had been compromised by health and safety regulations that he found frustrating 

Ant was also criticised last year for some of his posts about the coronavirus pandemic, saying in March he would carry on with life as usual during the outbreak.

He was reportedly forced to quit his role as the Royal Navy’s Chief Cadet after just nine months, after his controversial ‘scum’ tweet about Black Lives Matter protesters.

The TV tough guy, who took on the role in November, was said to have left his bosses furious after posting the since-deleted tweet, amid protests over racial injustice after the death of George Floyd in the US.

Ditched: A spokesperson for Channel 4 told MailOnline at the time of Ant’s axe: ‘It has become clear that our views and values are not aligned and we will not be working with him again’

On June 14, he tweeted: ‘The extreme left against the extreme right. When did two wrongs make a right. It was only a matter of time. BLM and EDL are not welcome on our streets, absolute scum. What a great example you are to your future generation. Bravo.’

The tweet was in response to a video which claimed to be of ‘BLM/Antifa agitator hunting lone veterans and football lads in packs’. 

Middleton subsequently apologised, releasing a video message, saying: ‘Within that tweet I mentioned the BLM and EDL and the word ‘scum’. At no point was I calling the BLM scum and comparing the two organisations. I want to make that really, really clear.

‘The word scum was used to describe the people in the video that were violent, that were causing terror on the streets of London and setting a bad example for our future generations.’  

In his new book, Ant wrote of the incident: ‘I do regret posting them. I could have worded them better. 

‘The points I wanted to make got taken out of context and I caused upset, which was never my intention.

‘I could have blamed other people for exaggerating or misinterpreting what I said, but that, at best, would have only been half the story. Only one person put those posts together, and only one person pressed send: Me.’ 

Offensive: He was also reportedly forced to quit his role as the Royal Navy’s Chief Cadet after just nine months, after his controversial ‘scum’ tweet about Black Lives Matter protesters

It came before a report by The Sun that Middleton told a female contestant he wanted to have sex with her while filming the hit show. 

A source claimed his comment were meant to be in jest, but still prompted a member of the show’s production team to complain.

A representative for Channel 4 told the publication that measures are in place so any complaints from staff can be handled confidentially.

Middleton also denied claims of further inappropriate behaviour after it was reported four women had accused him of making ‘lewd and suggestive comments’ on set.

The women approached the media union Bectu, who told The Mirror they are planning to meet with Channel 4 after he dismissed his behaviour as ‘military banter’ during an interview on Good Morning Britain. 

Allegations: It came before a report by The Sun that Middleton told a female contestant he wanted to have sex with her while filming the hit show