World News – GB – BGT comic sparks complaints with Winston Churchill joke

Comedian Nabil Abdulrashid received a flood of new complaints as he returned to the stage for the Britain’s Got Talent finale

Responding to previous complaints about his act, he said: « What did I say to offend someone? You would think I went out and said something really incendiary like ‘Winston Churchill was black’ « 

He then added: « By the way it was I can prove it, when was the last time you met a white man called Winston? »

« Everyone thinks Nabil went a bit too far, I felt uncomfortable, especially about Winston Churchill, » said one

« BGT is watched by millions of people, some very young, and standing in front of the world and saying that Winston Churchill is black and making fun of white people is just not true if a white man stood there and took away the P Blacks or Muslims, how do you think that would be? « commented another

Referring to his previous performance and the controversial Black Lives Matter dance of the Diversity dance troupe in the first semi-final, Nabil admitted that there were « a lot of complaints, a lot of complaints because we said that black lives matter « 

And he added: « To be honest with you, I’m shocked that many of them can write

Nabil’s act of racism came just weeks after Diversity’s dance, portraying the death of George Floyd, sparked nearly 25,000 complaints and BGT has now become the most criticized TV show in the world. decade

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« I don’t understand how ‘white bashing’ improves relationships and promotes mutual respect, understanding and acceptance of different cultures or ethnic groups It’s getting crazy, » said another

« He made my whole family laugh! Everyone who insults him now just does what he said they would do

« Realize he doesn’t care! He did his set anyway, because he’s shameless himself, and that’s awesome »

And another wrote: « No matter what anybody say this man was hilarious, and the racists all ate in his palm because he made a comedy out of your complaints, but you complain, and his name will be everywhere, which is it will work well to his advantage « 

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