stiff competition

Context

99 points · 9 comments · view on lemmy.world

9 Comments

AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space · 18 pts · 2y (7 replies)

Any time I see the name of a male BBC celebrity, especially one who was around in the 70s, my first thought is “oh God, not him as well?”

Sylvartas@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y (6 replies)

Please tell me Stephen Fry isn't a kid diddler

ShareMySims@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 2y (3 replies)

I'll just leave this here (the post is still up, I just didn't want to link directly to the original but you can see it if you just change the site name in the url back to "reddit")

Taleya@aussie.zone · 12 pts · 2y (2 replies)

And worth leaving this here, which includes the interview, his apology and full context rather than a screenshot of a website linked on reddit long after the fact.

ShareMySims@sh.itjust.works · 0 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Hey, whatever helps you ignore one of several red flags.. ¯\(ツ)

Taleya@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 2y

Never said the dude wasn't problematic at times, but no one wins from sensationalism

Flax_vert@feddit.uk · 5 pts · 2y

Sir David Attenborough.

SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 2y

Stephen Fry is too nice to be a kid diddler

jakwithoutac@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 2y

The BBC have long since forgotten the universally important, and ever relevant, Rule 1:

Don’t fuck the kids