OMG Miriam Margolyes Andi Peters

[Temptree]

I've got an annual leave day today and am spending the morning shamelessly on the sofa watching daytime TV with cups of tea and biscuits after an exhausting school summer hols. Kids back at school today. I've given myself permission to vegetate till 3:15pm.
So here I am watching This Morning and have just spent 5 minutes with my jaw wide open and hand over my mouth at what Miriam Margolyes just said to Andi Peters.
Did anyone else see it??
I mean it takes a lot to shock me. I am not easily shocked.
And this woman is currently doing a sell out tour??
Whoah.

She’s such an attention seeking cunt.
i don’t know how anyone can stand her.
Andi Peters is probably embarrassed for ignorant old cow tbh

Must we use ‘ old’ as a slur? Here we are looking at racism. How about also paying attention to habitual agism?

"It's is more race baiting than racist"

I don't really understand what you mean by this.

Please can you explain what you mean?

Yes, in the south of England but in the north east of England there is some words for tonal distinctions (as you put it). Also, Shirley Bassey is mixed race so this term that MM used would not be appropiate.

The Indian caste system still holds strong in India, the UK, America, Canada and elsewhere.

MM is a one trick pony - deliberately causing offence & finishing off with a tongue in cheek “I hope I haven’t offended anyone” - she couldn’t care less about offending people.
Her carry on has made her a doyenne of the chat show circuit. Graham Norton, Jonathan Ross & Joe Lycett all seem to revel in her obnoxiousness. I refuse to watch anything with her in it as I find her vile.

I saw this and was the same as you OP. I knew there'd be a thread about it. I wouldn't be surprised if it blows up in the media too. I am not easily shocked or offended but I was aghast at what she said - especially the line about 'everyone is welcome'. Outrageous.

@EarthaKittsVoice was saying ‘ tonal’ problematic? I’m a painter, I love colour and I might have used a tone deaf word? Honestly you are so well informed and share with such clarity, Thankyou.

She seems to glory in being outrageous and crude. She's not daft, she could rein it in but likes the mischief. Good actress in certain roles but a terrible woman in other respects. Didn't she move to Australia? Maybe she's just here to do a tour.
Graham Norton laps it up when she's on his chat show but you can see the other guests are appalled sometimes. If you check out Graham and Maria McErlane's podcast 'Wanging On' the conversation can be similarly low rent so maybe he's like MM too but just more circumspect on TV.
As far as I'm concerned she's not a 'national treasure' - she's a national embarrassment!

Yes but even if you think it you'd think she'd have the common sense not to say it.

Oh let's hope that puts be an end to her many cringeworthy chat show appearances going on and on about farts.

We can only hope some high profile commentators are outraged by this and shame her.

No, not at all. I used it for ease and continuing the chat/thread

ITV booked her, they know what she's like. Bit of a coincidence there was a black presenter on the day they booked her for to eh. 🙄

Andi took it really well. Some people would have called her out on it - quite rightly.

I've never liked her and she completely ruined the end of Hebburn for me, when she rocked up as the mother in law from hell.
She has always said outrageous things, but she's never been warm, witty or self-deprecating, which would go some way to forgiving her horrific ourpourings.

I don’t want to read her book. Why are you suggesting people do that? Would it make any difference to the fact she exhibited racism on telly today?

I googled it...

Um, no. Racism is everywhere and it is accepted by many. It is never acceptable though.

And I agree, there is lots of racism in society. In the media. On social media. On MN. No argument there at all.

But that rather undermines your point that it is related to age in any way. So stop trying to pretend that it is.

I know! "Everyone is welcome"!
Dear Lord.
She said to Andi "Don't be nervous - everyone is welcome".
To a man who was born in this country.
Who wasn't looking or appearing to be remotely nervous.

Words fail me.

'What are you?'

It is absolutely staggering that she said that.

<edit to add sorry attached wrong quote op>

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/06/23/miriam-margolyes-william-graham-norton-chat-show_n_1620775.html

She has form.

You’re a minute over the time you gave yourself to vegetate in front of the TV @Temptree !!

Oh yes, I know! They're not back yet!😂

Latto is actually mixed race, white mum, Black dad. Using the term Mulatto as her stage name was her attempt at reclaiming the word, though it failed.

She said it.
Honestly, she actually said to him "What are you".
I feel I need to back up my claim that she said it because in my head I'm thinking to myself "Wait, Temptree, you must have misheard, she can't have said that on live TV".
But she sure as hell said it.

It’s an anonymous website.
You don’t need to fib to us @Temptree ! 😆

I remember the days when she was funny, as an actress (yes, I'm that old), not a raconteuse. Every time I've had the misfortunate to see her on television over the past couple of decades, she has not been funny, or acting.