Co-host Declan Donnelly, 38, is accused of making antigay comments to camp French dancers-in-heels Yanis Marshall, Arnaud and Mehdi.
He asked them: “What do your wives and girlfriends make of this routine?”
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There were also complaints that drag queen La Voix, 33, was an “inappropriate act” before the 9pm watershed.
Ofcom received a total of 34 complaints about the live semi-finals and will “assess” them.
Over 7 million people watch Britain's Got Talent.
34 is a whopping 0.0005% of viewers.
34 is a whopping 0.0005% of viewers.
Should we care - or even be surprised - if a statistically insignificant number of them complain?
Some people will be offended by anything.
Maybe I should contact Ofcom and say I don't like Simon Cowell's face?
Unless you're an idiot, “What do your wives and girlfriends make of this routine?” isn't homophobic.
If anything people should be complaining that Declan was recycling and revising a legendary 20 year-old gag aimed at Dale Winton on The Mrs Merton Show.
Ofcom's latest Weekly Broadcast Report doesn't specify what people complained about, so Fagburn wondered if the above was pure speculation on the Star's part.
The Star was correct, we took 16 complaints of offence/alleged homophobic tone in Dec's question to gay dance group, “Yanis Marshall, Arnaud & Mehdi”, "What do your wives and girlfriends think of this?"'
The humourless gaybores strike again!
Thank buggery there's only 16 of them.
PS Also...
· 3 complaints about inappropriate acts before the watershed / for a child audience (e.g. drag queens, male dancers in stilettoes, skimpy clothing);
· 2 complaints about bad language by judges (“crap” and “bloody hell”);
· 1 complaint about inclusion of non-British performers.
The Star's 34 figure is for both the semi-finals that weekend - 23 were for the YM&M one. 0.0002% of viewers complained about Dec's joke. Hope that clears that up.
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