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Hyperbole, much?

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LumpyUmbrella · 15/06/2026 07:26

https://metro.co.uk/2026/06/12/matt-lucas-taskmaster-leaves-a-bitter-taste-mouth-28751680/amp/

I read this and genuinely wondered if it was a parody.

”Utterly devastated”

”Feels like a betrayal”

The objection to Richard Ayoade seems particularly tenuous.

AIBU?

Matt Lucas on Taskmaster leaves a bitter taste in my mouth

I believe that an apology doesn’t mean you’re suddenly free from consequences. 

https://metro.co.uk/2026/06/12/matt-lucas-taskmaster-leaves-a-bitter-taste-mouth-28751680/amp/

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faithfultoGeorgeMichael · 15/06/2026 13:44

@Fillies4DeclanRice that explains how he got away with it 😂😂

ohyesido · 15/06/2026 13:32

She’s very closed minded if she thinks Mat should be permanently vilified for taking part in something that was widely considered amusing at the time which he’s since apologised for

ArabellaScott · 15/06/2026 12:49

This is the best satire I've read in weeks, thanks OP!

coulditbeme2323 · 15/06/2026 12:48

LuckyHazelFox · 15/06/2026 12:46

Some of them are. The rest are well meaning but clueless. Will just say that before handing you your tin hat.

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I am not sure if I would say well meaning, but I will meet you halfway and agree they don't understand what they are chanting.

LuckyHazelFox · 15/06/2026 12:46

coulditbeme2323 · 15/06/2026 12:44

Palestine supporters are the UK ANTIFA

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Some of them are. The rest are well meaning but clueless. Will just say that before handing you your tin hat.

Fillies4DeclanRice · 15/06/2026 12:46

faithfultoGeorgeMichael · 15/06/2026 12:01

I do find it bizarre Lucas has not been taken to task over his transphobia and blackface.
Ayoade supporting his friend in a Freedom of Speech issue is not the same thing at all.

Lucas has been a trans activist

coulditbeme2323 · 15/06/2026 12:44

LuckyHazelFox · 15/06/2026 12:43

She also must have missed Matt Lucas being harassed by Palestinian protestors. Seems some hurty words are more hurty than others.

Palestine supporters are the UK ANTIFA

LuckyHazelFox · 15/06/2026 12:43

She also must have missed Matt Lucas being harassed by Palestinian protestors. Seems some hurty words are more hurty than others.

LeftBoobGoneRogue · 15/06/2026 12:31

Metro likes to be very ‘progressive’ and right on, so it’s no surprise that cancel culture article has been published.

Pinkywoo · 15/06/2026 12:27

She also seems to have missed the fact that he's gay, with the "punching down at the LGBTQ community" comment!

coulditbeme2323 · 15/06/2026 12:18

LuckyHazelFox · 15/06/2026 12:18

😆 that wouldn't surprise me! I suppose the paper gives train riders a chuckle on the way into work.

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I think the demographic it's aimed at, probably agree with a lot of it!

PrizedPickledPopcorn · 15/06/2026 12:18

Oh that’s hilarious. Talk about missing the joke.
I can’t say I enjoyed it at the time, too near the knuckle. But they were equal opportunity offenders, taking the mick out of every stereotype on the list. Including gay overweight male fetishists.

LuckyHazelFox · 15/06/2026 12:18

coulditbeme2323 · 15/06/2026 12:13

Was it the Metro (I think it was) that moaned about FRIENDS and sex in the city?

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😆 that wouldn't surprise me! I suppose the paper gives train riders a chuckle on the way into work.

coulditbeme2323 · 15/06/2026 12:13

LuckyHazelFox · 15/06/2026 12:12

Which is why the author of this embarrassing article needs to avoid comedy, rather than trying to cancel comedians she doesn't find funny.

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Was it the Metro (I think it was) that moaned about FRIENDS and sex in the city?

LuckyHazelFox · 15/06/2026 12:12

faithfultoGeorgeMichael · 15/06/2026 12:09

@coulditbeme2323 I 100% agree, I just find it odd he gets away with so much others would be canceled for. Maybe cancelling is over at last!

Comedy is such a personal thing isn't it?

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Which is why the author of this embarrassing article needs to avoid comedy, rather than trying to cancel comedians she doesn't find funny.

coulditbeme2323 · 15/06/2026 12:09

faithfultoGeorgeMichael · 15/06/2026 12:09

@coulditbeme2323 I 100% agree, I just find it odd he gets away with so much others would be canceled for. Maybe cancelling is over at last!

Comedy is such a personal thing isn't it?

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Lets hope so!

faithfultoGeorgeMichael · 15/06/2026 12:09

@coulditbeme2323 I 100% agree, I just find it odd he gets away with so much others would be canceled for. Maybe cancelling is over at last!

Comedy is such a personal thing isn't it?

faithfultoGeorgeMichael · 15/06/2026 12:08

I've posted some images but I am not sure if they will be allowed tbh!
It just wasn't funny imo, but it does seem odd that so many are cancelled for minor slips of the tongue and Matt is presenting Bake off after wearing black face and doing a sissy impression of a cross dresser for laughs.

I would watch Bob Mortimer and Richard Ayoade's last 10 mins on last laughing for ever on a loop thou 😂

coulditbeme2323 · 15/06/2026 12:07

faithfultoGeorgeMichael · 15/06/2026 12:06

These sketches

Little Britain was very funny!

faithfultoGeorgeMichael · 15/06/2026 12:06

These sketches

Hyperbole, much?
Hyperbole, much?
coulditbeme2323 · 15/06/2026 12:06

MrsShawnHatosy · 15/06/2026 12:05

I’d be surprised if he was transphobic.

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You can't really be transphobic either, it's really a made up word.

MrsShawnHatosy · 15/06/2026 12:05

coulditbeme2323 · 15/06/2026 12:01

Transphobia?

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I’d be surprised if he was transphobic.

MrsColinRobinson · 15/06/2026 12:05

I could only read the first two paragraphs before I was in danger of spontaneously combustion due to second hand embarrassment for the 14 year old, emotionally retarded author.

Cancel culture at its finest!

coulditbeme2323 · 15/06/2026 12:05

faithfultoGeorgeMichael · 15/06/2026 12:03

@coulditbeme2323 The "I'm a lady" men dressed as women behaving like bullies. They got away with a lot of things others would have been called out for.
I just thought it was shit comedy tbh 😂

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They were being silly, showing how absurd it is when men pretend to be women!

faithfultoGeorgeMichael · 15/06/2026 12:03

@coulditbeme2323 The "I'm a lady" men dressed as women behaving like bullies. They got away with a lot of things others would have been called out for.
I just thought it was shit comedy tbh 😂