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stiff competition (files.catbox.moe)

submitted 3 months ago by flamingos to c/okmatewanker

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[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Please tell me Stephen Fry isn't a kid diddler

[–] ShareMySims@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

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

[–] Flax_vert 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Sir David Attenborough.

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

Stephen Fry is too nice to be a kid diddler

[–] jakwithoutac 4 points 3 months ago

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

Don’t fuck the kids