[Benjamin]

Big Brother was reportedly 'slammed with more than 700 Ofcom complaints' after housemate Sarah sparked outrage with a 'racial joke', according to The Sun.

The spa accounts manager was quickly issued a formal warning during Thursday's instalment, with many furious viewers demanding she was axed from the show.

Sarah first made the comments in a previous shopping task, when she called housemate Hanah 'gloaty.'

During a task, she also chanted the phrase 'Stop the gloats!', a spin on former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's campaign to 'swiftly remove' anyone who entered the country illegally on small boats.

The spa accounts manager was called into The Diary Room after she appeared to put playful turn on the slogan Stop The Boats.



The comments came to light during Thursday's episode as a result of a shopping task, and later in the evening, Hanah, Khaled and Segun expressed their concerns about racial sensitivity surrounding them.

Confiding in Segun, Hanah first said: 'I don't know how I feel about that one. I don't like that.'

Later in the Diary Room, she went onto say: 'I don't think that's funny, if I'm being honest with you.

'I studied international politics; I graduated with 2:1, babes. I'm not stupid.'

Sarah was then called into the Diary Room by Big Brother, who told her: 'Sarah, Big Brother wants to talk to you about language you have been using in the house.'

'Hanah, Khaled, and Emma had been aware that you previously used the term ''gloaty'' about Hanah. This was referring to a conversation you had with Emma where you described Hanah as gloaty in a reference to Marcello becoming the Head of House.

'On a separate occasion prior to this, during the Vampires and Villagers task, together with Nathan, you chanted, ''Stop the gloats'', which you confirmed was a reference to the political phrase, ''Stop the boats''.'

'It had no racial connotations, I have no connotations about boats or immigration, or anything like that. It was just making funny of political slogans.'

Big Brother went onto explain the context of the chants saying: 'When Hanah questioned you about you calling her gloaty, you referred to the 'Stop the gloats' chant you had created with Nathan during the earlier task,' Big Brother told her.

'Your use of language around this political reference has had an impact on your fellow housemates.

'As you know, the Big Brother house is made up of people from all walks of life with different life experiences.'

Visibly confused, Sarah then replied: 'Sorry, I'm not disagreeing with you, there is lots of walks of life, but I did not mean that with anything towards immigration or racial intent.

'For me, it was just a funny wordplay.'

Asked if there was anything she would like to say, Sarah said: 'I'd like to say that if I've offended anybody by making that kind of joke, I am genuinely 100% remorseful.

'That is down to my own stupidity and selfishness, me making a joke with wordplay and being like, ''Haha! Good joke!'' and not thinking about how that would affect other people.'

'People's feelings are totally valid, and if they are offended by that, I am so sorry. I have no malice in my heart against anyone.'

Big Brother then went onto tell Sarah: 'Big Brother cannot permit language that is likely to be considered offensive by housemates or the viewing public.'

Saying she understood, Sarah responded: 'Yes, very, very much so.'

MailOnline has contacted ITV reps for a comment on the multiple Ofcom complaints.

On Thursday, viewers were quick to share their own fury on social media, with some calling for Sarah to be removed from the house for her comments.

Posts on X included: 'STOP THE WHATT??? Not Sarah baiting herself out to being a racist... she needs to get EVICTED immediately that ain't no joke;'

'I wasn't joking. Sarah crossed a line;'

'In the space of five minutes, Sarah has made an ignorant racial ''joke'' body-shamed a 20-year-old girl and has humiliated her in front of the entire group;'

'What did Sarah just say...? She needs to be next to go I'm so serious’

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tv/artic...cist-joke.html

[Ammi]

…yeah I read this late yesterday after the HL show…and this is being reported after she’s gone…/…complaints still coming in…?….crikey, she’s not a public figure/entertainer who the public are ‘buying into’ in terms of popularity etc…she’s just a regular person…I don’t know what a hoped for end goal of a complaint would be…it’s crazy and awful for Sarah, it’s all been dealt with and put behind by everyone with any involvement…

[Benjamin]

The fact people calling her racist for saying Hanah was gloaty when it was an entirely different conversation not linked to ‘stop the gloats’, and was in no way racist.

And even the ‘stop the gloats’ (which wasn’t aimed at POC in anyway) isn’t racist. At best it’s bad taste with wordplay

I can guarantee you so many of those ‘offended’ (as seen on Facebook) are people being offended on behalf of others. Even Hanah herself spoke with Sarah and didn’t believe it was racist.

[Cherie]

people have far too much time on their hands

[Ammi]

…I wonder if any/many etc of the ‘offended’ are fans and followers of BB and they’ve seen all of the after events and it all being reconciled to realising it was all just unfortunate wording with no offence intended…Sarah even continued with that on the Live show in saying how devastated she is at the thought of having caused offence…but still they come for her…I mean, seriously…what do do they want/what end result would appease…?…it’s honestly crazy….

[Benjamin]

Originally Posted by Ammi

…I wonder if any/many etc of the ‘offended’ are fans and followers of BB and they’ve seen all of the after events and it all being reconciled to realising it was all just unfortunate wording with no offence intended…Sarah even continued with that on the Live show in saying how devastated she is at the thought of having caused offence…but still they come for her…I mean, seriously…what do do they want/what end result would appease…?…it’s honestly crazy….

On FB a lot of those enraged were middle age white women.

[joeysteele]

However it's Hanah that initially had the issue with it and raised it with BB
Hence them needing to deal with it.
Albeit being more nonsense.

I really get irritated that people complain to ofcom re BB.
Of course anything prejudice related or illegal would need to be dealt with.
However the BB idea is putting people of different cultures, faiths, backgrounds who don't know know much about each other into an environment cut off from the outside world in a property.

To see how things develop and what arises from that being thrown together.

You're not going to get normal language and of course tensions will be worse.
They get divided, pushed apart, then thrown together.
We want to see how all that mix works out from start to finish.

Why Ofcom entertains these usual moaners who'd complain at likely anything is a mystery.
Ofcom knows the idea behind the BB plan.

This was terrible for Sarah, and had Hanah not raised it with BB would Sarah have ever got the warning and her chances wrecked really.
Because now with the publicity the viewers as to some of them are seeing Sarah as a person negatively.

Ridiculous.
I really feel for Sarah on this.

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by Benjamin

On FB a lot of those enraged were middle age white women.

Facebook is also basically 99.9% full of fake , staged videos ..

I detest that place


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[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by Zizu

Facebook is also basically 99.9% full of fake , staged videos ..

I detest that place


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Facebook is vile
I wouldn't even look at it now.
Would never join it.

[MTVN]

I'm not surprised, Twitter and Reddit massively had it in for Sarah after this. I posted defending Sarah on Reddit and was downvoted to oblivion haha (like all my contributions on there tbf)

[bots]

it's complaints like this that led to to trump winning the election in america. People not fighting real battles and making **** up to fit their agenda

[Mystic Mock]

Over 700 people trying to get BB cancelled.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by bots

it's complaints like this that led to to trump winning the election in america. People not fighting real battles and making **** up to fit their agenda

It really isn't

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Crimson Dynamo

It really isn't

It doesn't help because it makes the left look unhinged.

[jones89]

Naturally…

[Crimson Dynamo]

700 morons

[GoldHeart]

Welcome to Social media , where everything is taken out of context & people get upset over every little thing.

Her partner didn't exactly help matters either, he probably sealed her fate...when she got backdoor evicted. He should have just stayed quiet.