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CBB16 Celebrity Big Brother 2015 (CBB16) aka 'CBB: UK vs USA' started on Channel 5 on August 27th 2015. Discuss the series here.
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Old 27-10-2015, 10:03 AM #1
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Ofcom has launched an investigation in to allegations of transphobia on an episode of Celebrity Big Brother’s Bit On The Side from the recent UK vs. USA series.

The 5* broadcast on Saturday 5th September featured a game in which producers asked punters in London to guess what the American housemates are famous for.

Presenter Rylan Clark asked panellists Rustie Lee, James ‘Arg’ Argent and Luisa Zissman to guess the most popular response for Farrah Abraham from three choices – ‘appearing on 16 and Pregnant‘, ‘winning mother of the year’, and ‘winning a transsexual contest’.

All three panellists answered option C – and Rylan went on to reveal that half of respondents gave the correct answer of 16 and Pregnant, adding: “the other half… we won’t even go there”.

Ofcom received one complaint, claiming the segment “presented being a transsexual as a joke”, and after assessing it has decided to launch a full investigation.

A spokesperson for the media regulator told the Mirror: “We’re investigating whether potentially offensive comments in this programme were justified by the context in which they were presented.”

Support group Transgender Zone has frequently praised Big Brother for its representation of transgender people, and has awarded the show at least three of its annual Transgender Television Awards for Best Programme, one of which host Emma Willis filmed an acceptance speech for.

Meanwhile, Ofcom is still considering whether to investigate the 23rd September episode of BOTS, which was notably taken off air ten minutes early after Farrah and Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace engaged in a fight that left Vicki Michelle injured.

According to The Mirror, Farrah and Janice Dickinson received police cautions over their roles in the incident, although no action was taken against Aisleyne.
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Welp I thought BOTS won awards for their trans tolerance?
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It's ridiculous, but if it stops them doing annoyingly cheesy segments like that then
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But they didn't do anything about the Ebola comment...
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what was the Ebola comment?
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It wasn't aired though
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Someone in the audience called Adjoa Ebola, a witticism indeed
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Someone in the audience called Adjoa Ebola, a witticism indeed
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The show is trash, and I'm all for it being taken off the air but this is just stupid. It's stuff like this that totally belittles real transphobia when it happens and makes people not take it seriously. There's a difference between having a silly joke about something (like what happened here), and doing/saying things that promote actual discrimination.
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The entire bloody show is one long cheese segment nowadays.
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Well that wasn't actually broadcast and they are still investigating the incident AFAIK.
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' one complaint '

Still does appear slightly transphobic though..
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