JAN MOIR: How COULD Channel 4 abandon their dying presenter so callously?
, 2022-11-24 22:09:18
Everyone is so very compassionate and caring, aren’t they? Until their public stance becomes a personal sacrifice, then suddenly they aren’t quite so concerned any more.
Look at the idiot English football team, whose captain promised to wear a OneLove rainbow armband as a stand against intolerance of homosexuality in Qatar, but dropped the idea when Fifa threatened to punish him and several other European team captains for doing so.
Told they would face a yellow card for displaying support for the persecuted LGBTQ community, the armbands came off quicker than a Pigalle stripper’s bloomers. Then the England squad ‘took the knee’ instead, a hollow gesture that means nothing while honouring no one — except themselves.
When A Place In The Sun host Jonnie Irwin (pictured) told C4 he had a terminal cancer diagnosis, they promptly axed him from the show by failing to renew his contract
And if Fifa say anything, Harry Kane and his teammates can always pretend they are just doing up their laces. Nothing to see here, mate! Let’s get on with the game, shall we?
On Monday Harry took one for the team by wearing a £500,000 Rolex rainbow watch to arrive at the stadium, so humbling — and brave.
It just underlines the fact that celebrities and sports stars are very keen on these grandiose acts of charitable solidarity and support — until some element of individual loss is involved. Then it’s every fraud for himself.
Look at climate-change hypocrites. They can still…
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