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Russell Howard insults Desmond Tutu

Russel Howard insulted Bishop Tutu calling him: "as mad as a rat's arse"



Bishop Desmond Tutu is a South African hero and an internationally respected figure. If he was being joyful and exuberant at the opening ceremony, who is Russel Howard to insult Tutu and call him "as mad as a rat's arse"

Furthermore, his caricature of  Obama as a 'jive' African American answering Cameron on the phone was clearly racist stereotyping and not funny in the least.

Howard looked wired and out of touch. Does he think that coming out with stereotypes about African Americans and calling a hero like Tutu 'as mad as a rat's...' funny?

If you at the BBC are chuckling then I am not chuckling with you. I think you should be ashamed of yourselves for broadcasting such utter shite and expecting us to laugh at it. Moreover, it was an editing decision to leave the insult to Bishop Tutu in, so programme editors share the blame with Howard.

If you think mocking a joyful Bishop Tutu during the South African world cup is funny then that reveals something about you. You lack all perspective and you deserve all the opprobrium coming your way Howard.

Stand aside Russell Brand and Jonathon Ross, we have a new foot-in-mouth champion. In future I will avoid watching Mock the Week and the reason is I think Russell Howard might be a closet racist. Certainly his comments prove he is an incompetent ignoramus lacking basic political, cultural or historical reference points.

 
22:00–22:30

Mock the Week  18th June 2010



  1. Series 9, Episode 1
    The topical comedy show returns with guests Diane Morgan, Milton Jones and Chris Addison.


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Anonymous said…
I agree! I did not see the episode that you refer to but have seen several episodes where Russel Howard makes comments, reducing obama to a racial sterotype. One about him mopping up all the oil from the bp spill in his Afro and another describing him as shaft. There seems to be a tendency towards these cheap jokes and I thoroughly resent it. K
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