NOT Nicosia. Now banned.
09-01-2012, 03:22 PM
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FRANKIE Boyle is reportedly facing the axe from Channel 4 after a series of tasteless Twitter comments about the opening of the Paralympics.
The comic's suggestions that Saudi athletes were "mainly thieves" who had their hands cut off for stealing and that a British high jumpers personal best was "Taliban-assisted" sparked fury.
Among those condemning the comments were Olympic silver medallist Lizzie Armitstead, who said: "Frankie Boyle isn't funny." Valerie Simmonds, the mother of Paralympian swimmer Ellie Simmonds, told a newspaper: "He is just offensive."
Boyle has made a number of programmes for Channel 4 in the past including the series Tramadol Nights, in which he prompted hundreds of complaints after mocking Katie Price's disabled son. He returned to the broadcaster earlier this week with The Boyle Variety Performance.
http://www.independent.ie/entertainm...s-3216215.html
FRANKIE Boyle is reportedly facing the axe from Channel 4 after a series of tasteless Twitter comments about the opening of the Paralympics.
The comic's suggestions that Saudi athletes were "mainly thieves" who had their hands cut off for stealing and that a British high jumpers personal best was "Taliban-assisted" sparked fury.
Among those condemning the comments were Olympic silver medallist Lizzie Armitstead, who said: "Frankie Boyle isn't funny." Valerie Simmonds, the mother of Paralympian swimmer Ellie Simmonds, told a newspaper: "He is just offensive."
Boyle has made a number of programmes for Channel 4 in the past including the series Tramadol Nights, in which he prompted hundreds of complaints after mocking Katie Price's disabled son. He returned to the broadcaster earlier this week with The Boyle Variety Performance.
http://www.independent.ie/entertainm...s-3216215.html