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Thoughts:

5/5/2017

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Some time ago, during an ITV Xtra Factor show, one of the presenters, Rylan Clark-Neal (the one with the teeth) mentioned that he "loves a front door"; prompting Simon Cowell to remark with a snigger, "I thought you liked a back door." Now many would think that was an extremely offensive, homophobic, comment which, had it been made in private, would have been deplorable; but, to have been made on LIVE television, I think most would agree that Mr. Cowell should (at least) have been severely reprimanded. However, so far as I can tell, no action was taken; and, later, Mr. Clark Neal said that it was just "banter between friends". Well, as Mandy Rice Davies once famously said, "He would do; wouldn't he?" which, in this case is understandable because the sainted Mr. Cowell was his boss.

Now, the point I'm trying to make is that the aforementioned rather unfortunate incident hardly received any response from the mainstream press and media; which (IMHO) is a remarkable example of double standards when one considers the hullabalo which has occurred in response to what anyone familiar with Scottish humour and culture was a light-hearted comment (made off camera) by the Sunderland manager, David Moyes.


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