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Originally Posted by chuff me dizzy

In 1998, he released a memo to his staff saying that as part of his upcoming stage show he wanted the dead body of a "black man" saying that he planned to end the show by "snorting cocaine from his negro cadaver". Interviewed about this in The Daily Mail (following his interview with the police) Davidson was adamant that "I just said I wanted the dead body of a man, I didn't tell anyone to kill them, there's no harm in that. I mean, the dead bloke wouldn't be needing it." and said that the specified-race was important "for contrast reasons with my stage set, although I suppose that's racist now!" however he backed down on the taking of cocaine

This sounds so horrendous that it's just ridiculous. He cannot have been seriously requesting a cadaver, and the police must have been satisfied that was the case, otherwise he'd have faced a criminal trial. Unless you have read the memo in question, you cannot really judge. Even his response sounds like a joke. I read the Mail Online, and they are very, very sneaky about the way they report things. Some readers get entirely the wrong end of the stick from their reporting. Do you have a link to any press articles about it?

I hadn't seen Jim on the TV before, but I watched a segment of one of his shows on Youtube recently. He didn't strike me as any worse than a lot of the other comedians doing the comedy circuit and actually he was funnier - he had enough good material to cut out the offensive stuff and still have a great show - a better one actually, because it wouldn't have hurt anyone. If people booed or didn't laugh at the offensive stuff, then he'd stop doing it. I think the audience are equally to blame for encouraging him by laughing. The offensive stuff in his routine was about fat women.. He could easily have made it more acceptable by saying that he needs to go on a diet, then made the same types of jokes about himself.

So far on BB, he has behaved appropriately and he hasn't come out with anything offensive. He wants to change his image and that can only be a good thing.

I think people weren't supporting him because they're fans. They were supporting him because of the way he's handled Linda and what he's brought to the show.