Cat Deeley making fun of epilepsy

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Weemammy21 · 18/06/2024 18:58

AIBU in thinking that any tv presenter who ridicules people with serious health conditions should not be in post? This is what I think about Cat Deeley ridiculing people with epilepsy during This morning yesterday. People like this should not be tv presenters because of their intolerance and making fun of children and adults with epilepsy. AIBU?

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ClaustrophobicKipper · 18/06/2024 19:02

She was dancing and said her dancing made her look like she was "having a seizure"

I personally dont see the harm, and i miss the days where you could joke and be silly freely

PossumintheHouse · 18/06/2024 19:02

Bloody hell. She made a not-great joke, got it wrong, and has since apologised.

BustyMcgoober · 18/06/2024 19:01

I’ve just had to google. She apologised for dancing by saying something like Ooops I was having a seizure.

Hardly the same as mocking people with epilepsy; she’s apologised and trying to cancel people for saying things like this that are in common parlance is ridiculous. Everyone knows what she meant.

NuffSaidSam · 18/06/2024 19:01

I think she was just a bit insensitive with her choice of language rather than setting out to 'make fun of epilepsy'.

She made a mistake. Has been called out. Has apologised.

Why do you want more than that?

AtrociousCircumstance · 18/06/2024 19:00

She compared her dancing to having a seizure.

TwattyMcFuckFace · 18/06/2024 19:00

Nah, you're probably going to have to tell us what she said? 🤷‍♂️

AtrociousCircumstance · 18/06/2024 19:00

She was making a self deprecating comment about her dancing and got it wrong. It was good she apologised, but I don’t think she should be cancelled because of it.

Sirzy · 18/06/2024 19:00

With no context it’s hard for anyone to judge

flapjackfairy · 18/06/2024 18:59

what did she say ?

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