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AIBU to be angry about another misleading programme on Romany Gypsies?

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IronEverything · 15/07/2026 14:41

I just can't believe this is happening again.

Some of you may remember the show called "my big fat gypsy wedding" on channel 4 from years ago. It did absolutely awful damage to my community (Romany gypsy). It was complete and utter trash and majority of those featured weren't even gypsies.

Well they're at it again.

They are advertising a new show, something along the lines of "secret lives of gypsy wives". Yet the star of the show is a social media influencer (?) named Trewly Precious who is neither of those things. I think her father was a gypsy but she wasn't raised in the community and she isn't married.

Why are they doing this to us? There are so many amazing gypsy women who could have shown what it's really like to be a modern day gypsy. Yet they have once again chosen entertainment value over the reputation of a community who are already marginalised and hated by a large portion of the public. AIBU to be so angry about this?

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rwalker · 22/07/2026 07:17

Lasted 5 minutes dreadful program
I would full expect any of the travelling community to be fuming
purely performative shit to play up to negative stereotypes

PennePesto · 22/07/2026 07:26

Stelladid · 16/07/2026 19:00

These things tend to be the result of Irish travellers arriving in the area. I hate that the name Irish is in there because some people will think they are representative of the Irish. I don’t know much about Romany Gypsies other than the trading and begging some of them do in the major cities in Europe.

Stacey Dooley did an informative documentary about the marginalisation of Roma people in Eastern Europe. I can’t remember what it was called but it was clear that Roma children were not welcome in the education system and were sent to institutions where sexual abuse was rife, so parents didn’t want to send their children there. Most of the Romanian and Slovakian children I taught in England had never been to school in their countries of origin for this reason.

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