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Already fed up with Julian. He may be witty but he's nasty, condescending and shows a lack of class when he does the "let's laugh at the American cos we're British" crap so as to get the public on-side. His double-entendres are tired. We all get it, he's gay. So are a lot of other people. and thus his niche is no longer a lucrative one and he is bitter as sin. "The White Swallow" gag may have been edgy in the 80s when people were ignorant/prejudiced/sheltered enough to be shocked, but it fell flat on its face because he has not moved with the times and is left watching bitterly from the sidelines as Reality TV makes his career a distant memory, hence the bitterness towards an otherwise harmless Mike. A lot of people love him still, which is fair enough, but there's a difference between being ripped apart verbally by a comedian at a show you've intentionally paid to watch, and repeatedly being insulted by a bitter man in crap make-up when you're trying to have your Frosties in the morning.