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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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coulditbeme2323 · 15/06/2026 12:01

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.

Transphobia?

SecretSquirrelSect · 15/06/2026 12:01

The seriousness, intensity and black and white 'good' and 'bad' list thinking in that article is amazing.

The lack of insight into their own Authoritarian approach is frankly weird.

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.

LuckyHazelFox · 15/06/2026 11:53

Haha thanks for the laugh posting that! Yes, Hyperbolic and embarrasing. As an aside, I preferred Lucas and Walliams' Come Fly with Me series more than Little Britain.

MrsShawnHatosy · 15/06/2026 11:47

I’m sure it was David Walliams who wore blackface in Little Britain,not Matt Lucas.

Raquelos · 15/06/2026 11:38

Taskmaster as a 'sacred space' ffs!!! Glad to see the voting reflects the sane people in the room with most people remaining unbothered or noncommital in the face of such entitled triggered whining.

Fillies4DeclanRice · 15/06/2026 11:29

I honestly thought that was a parody article.

I haven't read Metro for years - the newspaper is aimed at commuters but the website seems to be aimed at Rik from the Young Ones style teenagers.

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