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Greta Thunberg SEX joke triggers outrage at disabled British comedian
British comedian Rosie Jones has provoked a mass clutching of pearls on Twitter after she took aim at media’s most sacred cow, Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, with an X-rated joke during a TV show.
Appearing on Channel 4’s ‘The Last Leg’ on New Year’s Eve, Jones was asked what she thought of the 16-year-old campaigner, who was named Time Magazine’s ‘Person of the Year’ for 2019.
“I think Greta’s amazing and what she’s doing is brilliant,” the disabled comedian said. “But don’t do it now.”
She needs to live a little, she’s only 16. She should be doing two things: drinking Lambrini and getting fingered.
While the joke sent the studio audience into fits of laughter, some viewers instantly took to Twitter to complain. “What example are we setting to young people making a change if we allow jokes like that to be aired?!” activist and BBC contributor Mandy Rose Jones opined.
Just to clarify, I usually find Rosie Jones funny. That comment was far from funny.
— Dylan
