Katherine Lynch judges Fatima Whitbread
Tags: fatima whitbread, Gender, haters, Homophobia, I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here, im a celebrity, itv, Katherine Lynch, racism, stupid, Twitter
I was minding my own business on The Twitter last night, when I spotted the following from Katherine Lynch:
So Sinitta is going into I’m a Celebrity. That’s another black woman in the camp who springs to mind when u say the words “So macho!”
It stopped me in my tracks.
The overt gendered and racial sentiments were immediately objectionable. What is more, I had earlier read about Whitbread’s life in her own words. So I read back through Lynch’s tweets to see if she had anything else to say about the I’m A Celebrity opening night.
And boy, did she ever:
I hope Fatima Whitbread has to eat testicles in the jungle….her own
Fatima, the body of tarzan and the tits of Jane. Scary stuff!
Antony Cotton’s going to get bummed by Fatima Whitbread, put money on it!
Where are the bloody celebrities? Willie bloody Carson? Fatima “King Kong” Whitbread and Stefanie “I now look like FreeWay” Powers.Very weak
These pretty much cover the gamut of vile, nasty phobias and -isms that are out there, don’t they? (And as we know Lynch is no stranger to questionable “humour”.)
I try to avoid drawing attentions to haters (as we’ve seen before), but in this particular case, Fatima Whitbread just happens to be an amazing woman who has achieved some of the highest honours in athletics, having overcome what seems to be a childhood that was nothing short of horrific.
Whitbread wrote in The Observer back in 2003 about her life and experiences.
Lynch’s comments (and all those in the same vein that are doing the rounds) are utterly contemptible by themselves.
Katherine Lynch and those who laugh along should read about Whitbread’s life and be especially ashamed.
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Just in case those links to the tweets are, er, “no longer working” I have screengrabs if anyone needs ‘em.
It’s all in the name of comedy. If we cant laugh at ourselves whats the point, furthermore you can switch off the feeds
Katherine has been a great supporter of the lgbt community for years
Oh? So, as long as we make offensive remarks into a joke, then that’s okay – because it’s in the name of comedy?
I remember when Lynch started out (before she went solo, indeed). But since then, her standards have been wanting.
I really don’t think this can be said to be supportive of the LGBT community – nor does such support form an excuse for these comments.
(And yes, I promptly unfollowed having read back through Lynch’s stream.)
Oh dear that’s pretty lame Katherine -I wonder is she going down the Tommy ‘lets take the piss out of minorities’ Tiernan route?
It’s interesting, in my head I compared this to Tommy Tiernan’s outbursts, too.
What’s a bit depressing is that Lynch started out on Dublin’s drag scene; and yet here she is basically imposing – rather than subverting – norms on what women should look like (as well as what else she’s saying).
Maybe her level of success is inversely proportionate to her wit.
It’s sad.
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I can’t say I’m surprised, I have never really liked her humour. I particularly disliked how at the Gay Prom last year she opened by welcoming all the “faggots” to the event.
Wait. She.. what?!
Yep. And all in attendance seemed to find it funny judging by all the laughs. I know she’s a great patron of the group, but I can’t get over the irony of saying that for laughs at a fundraiser to help LGBT youths!! I can’t find the article I did on Gaelick about it, but I mentioned it in there. I’ll have another look!
Hi There, there was no offence intended, its just all gone way to politicaly incorrect, whats next. When people are in the public eye they sign up to be slated or commented on (as is proven on this Thread)but im sure Fatima (whom ive met and admire )would rather be teased, than called a rasist!!! wich is a far bigger acusation than having a willie, wich she obviously has not.PS Some times i wish i had a willie is that weird,and as for opening the gay prom by saying hello Faggots ask yourself did i mean any harm? Racism is when the person means harm and has a deep hate and ignorance towards the person they are attacking and i certainly dont have that for the GAY COMUNITY …….Happy Christmas everyone and much genuine love xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Katherine Lynch