Activist and food writer Jack Monroe has launched a withering attack on David Walliams, labelling the comedian’s popular collection of children’s stories racist and ‘fatshaming nonsense.’ David Walliams’ publisher, HarperCollins Children’s Books, responded to the accusations today saying Jack Monroe’s tweets were factually inaccurate. They said the character Monroe claims has ‘racist undertones’ because of … Read more
Terrifying photo of a huge bat gives social media users nightmares (but it’s not quite ‘human-sized’ as people think! Photo posted on Twitter appears to show a ‘human-sized’ bat in the Philippines But the photograph is a camera trick showing a giant golden-crowned flying fox The bats can grow up to a foot in height, … Read more
Activist and food writer Jack Monroe has launched a withering attack on David Walliams, labelling the comedian’s popular collection of children’s stories racist and ‘fatshaming nonsense.’ But HarperCollins Children’s Books responded to the thread and said that Jack Monroe’s tweets are factually inaccurate because the character she claimed had racial undertones is actually white. In … Read more
Team GB sprinter Bianca Williams says she is considering going ‘down the legal route’ after officers ‘racially profiled’ the athlete and her husband in a heavy-handed stop-and-search. Williams, 26, and Portuguese sprinter husband Ricardo dos Santos, 25, were hauled from their Mercedes and handcuffed in front of their three-month-old son in Lanhill Road, Maida Vale, on … Read more
Phillip Schofield hits back at claims he will ‘move to the BBC in a deal worth millions when his ITV contract ends next year’ By Connie Rusk For Mailonline Published: 16:53 BST, 6 July 2020 | Updated: 18:47 BST, 6 July 2020 Phillip Schofield has hit back at rumours he will move to the BBC … Read more
Activist and food writer Jack Monroe has launched a withering attack on David Walliams, labelling the comedian’s popular collection of children’s stories racist and ‘fatshaming nonsense.’ In a blizzard of posts on Twitter she dissected several of Mr Walliams’ best-selling children’s tales, picking out contentious characters and plot developments. The food writer accused the Little Britain star … Read more
Gigi Hadid has not yet flaunted her baby bump since announcing she was pregnant in April. And after British Vogue tweeted that she was choosing to ‘disguise’ her growing bump, the 25-year-old hit back. She took to Twitter on Sunday to reaffirm her earlier statements that angles were merely working in her favor. Clapping back: … Read more
Director David Ayer responded to backlash over the alleged ‘brownface’ casting of Daytime Emmy winner Shia LaBeouf as a ‘Cholo’ gangster in his upcoming movie, The Tax Collector. ‘Shia is playing a whiteboy who grew up in the hood,’ the 52-year-old filmmaker – who boasts 479K Twitter/Instagram followers – explained. ‘This is a [half-Jewish, half-Cajun] … Read more
A team GB sprinter has accused the Metropolitan Police of ‘racial profiling’ after she and her partner were stopped and searched. Commonwealth gold medallist Bianca Williams, 26, described the confrontation in Maida Vale, west London on Saturday as ‘awful to watch’. A video of Ms Williams and her Portuguese sprinter partner Ricardo dos Santos, 25, … Read more
Beyonce is ‘FAKING’ being African American, claims congressional candidate KW Miller, in bizarre Twitter rant where he says singer is ITALIAN KW Miller, who is running to represent Florida’s 18th Congressional District in November, claimed the superstar is ‘faking’ her heritage for ‘exposure’ ‘BEYONCE YOU ARE ON NOTICE’ he tweeted, prompting widespread backlash He also went … Read more