Camila Batmanghelidjh asked why when poor children are given money it straight away becomes drugs money .
But the former chief executive added cash-strapped youngsters often did not use handouts to get illegal substances - because they are given it for couriering .
She was replying to Woman s Hour host Emma Barnett, who referenced a teenager who in 2015 boasted she spent Kids Company cash on weed.
Ms Batmanghelidjh also lashed out at Dominic Cummings as she claimed he briefed against her charity.
The heated interview was her first since she won a High Court disqualification battle to stop her holding company directorships as a result of her handling of the charity.
Gove and Hancock rebuked for failing to appear before Covid-19 probe
PACAC chair William Wragg says cabinet ministers should not “shy away from scrutiny”
Matt Hancock (left) and Michael Gove both turned down invitations to answer PACAC s questions. Photo: WIktor Szymanowicz/NurPhoto/PA Images
24 Feb 2021
Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove and health secretary Matt Hancock have been accused of shying away from scrutiny after rejecting requests to answer questions on their departments’ Covid-19 data transparency and accountability before watchdog MPs.
Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee chair William Wragg said panel members were “extremely disappointed” that Gove and Hancock had responded to requests to appear in person by sending junior ministers who were unable to answer all questions posed by MPs.
Ms Batmanghelidjh, Mr Yentob and six other trustees avoid 15-year director ban
Kids Company collapsed in 2015 just after getting a £3m grant from Government
In 15 years, Kids Company took a reported £42million from the taxpayer
Batmanghelidjh reportedly paid £90,000 salary when Kids Company went down
Mr Yentob forced to step down as the BBC s creative director in December 2015