[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Alf

I used to like him but he lost my respect when he apologised, with tears for his Bo Selects characters.

Did he? I must have missed that

[Alf]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Did he? I must have missed that

Last year, when all the BLM thing started up here, after the George Floyd incident.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Alf

Last year, when all the BLM thing started up here, after the George Floyd incident.

Why though? Isn't it just like a spitting image type show? Or have I missed something

[Alf]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Why though? Isn't it just like a spitting image type show? Or have I missed something

Probably given orders too, they needed to push a narrative, and using celebrities is how they do it best.

Probably told to apologise or lose his career.

Of course, that's just my guess, I could be wrong.

[hijaxers]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Why though? Isn't it just like a spitting image type show? Or have I missed something

Craig David said he totally ruined his career.

[GoldHeart]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Why though? Isn't it just like a spitting image type show? Or have I missed something

There was nothing racist about Bo selecta it was just crude and imo not that funny , i never got why it was popular as it was cringy and very silly . Especially the way he had to hold together those ugly masks falling to bits with glasses .

If anything he should of apologised for making Craig David feel like crap as he clearly offended him , as he relentlessly mocked and embarrassed him and turned him into a ridiculous meme. Craig David disappeared for ages before he made a comeback because of it .

And yes i know Lee Francis took the mickey out of every celebrity and had no filter , but he did it more so with Craig David with the whole ' Bo selecta' shtick .

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by GoldHeart

There was nothing racist about Bo selecta it was just crude and imo not that funny , i never got why it was popular as it was cringy and very silly . Especially the way he had to hold together those ugly masks falling to bits with glasses .

If anything he should of apologised for making Craig David feel like crap as he clearly offended him , as he relentlessly mocked and embarrassed him and turned him into a ridiculous meme. Craig David disappeared for ages before he made a comeback because of it .

And yes i know Lee Francis took the mickey out of every celebrity and had no filter , but he did it more so with Craig David with the whole ' Bo selecta' shtick .

It's not Bo Selecta's fault Craig David's career failed, Francis didn't write his songs

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Why though? Isn't it just like a spitting image type show? Or have I missed something

It wasn't a big deal. He basically apologised to Trisha Goddard after she spoke about the racist abuse she was on the receiving end of after his piss takes of her went to air and has said he regrets how ignorant he was of how public representation of minorities affected their real lives.

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

It wasn't a big deal. He basically apologised to Trisha Goddard after she spoke about the racist abuse she was on the receiving end of after his piss takes of her went to air and has said he regrets how ignorant he was of how public representation of minorities affected their real lives.

Oh I wasn't aware he apologized to Trisha, I thought it was just Mel B!

I'm glad though, Trisha was pretty much the worst one he did.

[GoldHeart]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

It wasn't a big deal. He basically apologised to Trisha Goddard after she spoke about the racist abuse she was on the receiving end of after his piss takes of her went to air and has said he regrets how ignorant he was of how public representation of minorities affected their real lives.

Actually it WAS a big deal Marsh , but I wasn't aware at first how badly he mocked Trisha as I never really watched Bo selecta . And I was more familiar with his other grotesque portrayals of Mel B , Craig David & Michael Jackson.

If you watch life stories with Trisha ,she explains how her kids received racist remarks of people mimicking terrible Jamaican accents of "rice & peas" . Plus she herself got treated badly aswell.

Leigh Francis' Trisha sketches are cringy and not funny , plus she doesn't even have a Jamaican accent . So it just ended up reinforcing embarrassing black stereotypes. So yeah it's aged badly .

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by GoldHeart

Actually it WAS a big deal Marsh

I meant Keith Lemon apologising wasn't the big deal the other poster was making it out to be. As though he was being forced to apologise for something he didn't need to.

He acknowledged his mistake which is fair play.

[GoldHeart]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

I meant Keith Lemon apologising wasn't the big deal the other poster was making it out to be. As though he was being forced to apologise for something he didn't need to.

He acknowledged his mistake which is fair play.

People slated him for apologising probably because they themselves didn't see Bo selecta as offensive.

And because when there's a public apology , there's a hint of scepticism . Probably because we're so use to seeing PR questionable set ups.

But Trisha has clearly accepted his apology netherless and moved on so yeah .

[Parmy]

Any token box ticker.