Plumbing entrepreneur Charlie Mullins has apologised after a joke he told while onstage as a guest presenter at the British Curry Awards on Monday night was branded ‘racist’ and ‘not okay’ by Dr. Ranj.
He continued: ‘I didn’t mean to cause offence with anything I said and if I did I very much regret that.Former Crimewatch host Rav Wilding also took offence at the joke communicated in Dr Ranj’s tweet, replying: ‘Ranj that’s just made me so angry. That’s not ok at all.’One response read: ‘This ‘joke’ was around in the ’70s/80s & should have stayed there. Not ok then, not ok now [sic].
contestant and CBeebies star Dr Ranj also posted an open letter to the British Curry Awards on his social media profile, drawing attention to the host, judge and majority of performers all being white. He also raised the ‘problematic’ inclusion of a Winston Churchill piece in the charity auction, claiming he was ‘not the only person that felt uncomfortable tonight’.
He continued: ‘I was honoured and privileged to be invited as a guest for the British Curry Awards tonight. Firstly, thank you to this brilliant organisation for doing their best to celebrate our Asian community. ‘However, when the host is white, the judging panel is entirely white, the performers onstage are over 90% white, are we really representing our community fairly? And to top it off, we have a racist joke on stage, and are auctioning off a piece by Winston Churchill whose relationship with India is problematic?’Iâm not berating you as I know you have good intentions and are doing your best. And you have raised so much for charity.
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