COMPLAINS POUR INTO BBC AFTER EASTENDERS SCREENS GAY KISS ON PRIME TIME
BBC has been flooded with complaints after screening a gay kiss on EastEnders before the 9pm watershed. The 'offensive' scenes were screened on Tuesday's episode of the soap and showed Christian Clarke (John Partridge, 36) and Lee Thompson (Carl Ferguson, 27) engage in a passionate kiss. In a statement the BBC defended itself by saying it was down to parents to decide whether the content of the show was suitable for children to watch.
'This is disgraceful whilst young children are watching and sets the wrong example.' 'I had to explain to my seven-year-old son what was happening. He now thinks he is gay because he kisses his dad.' Those are some of the letters recived by the BBC. [Daily Mail]
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if he kisses his dad like the kiss he saw on tv thats a problem
Posted by: Leo | Thursday, 09 October 2008 at 02:19 PM
if you don't like it,then don't watch it!
Posted by: erick | Thursday, 09 October 2008 at 04:24 PM
What does it say about a society when a dad lets his seven year-old son watch Eastenders? What, you don't get enough of the hookers, criminals and drunks in real life?
Posted by: paul | Thursday, 09 October 2008 at 06:24 PM
Expressions of love shouldn't be considered offensive.
Posted by: Edward | Thursday, 09 October 2008 at 09:08 PM
why, lady is explaining to this 7 year old a bad thing?!
No doubt the way she explained it turned it into a bad thing... but it's her fault if her 7 year old doesn't understand, no-one elses.
Posted by: god save | Friday, 10 October 2008 at 01:49 AM
Offensive !! ????? what about the rest of the crap that everyone on eastenders gets up to? the murders, affairs, scams etc... surely brainwashing every infant, middle aged fool and old crone.... one should be able to screen a kiss between anyone at anytime.
What a pitiful bunch of souls.
please screen Queer as Folk again !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: jared | Friday, 10 October 2008 at 05:39 AM
That is sorry, isn't this a soap opra? Why is a 7 yr old watching?
And such a lame excuse, so when he sees a man kiss a woman, does he think he is in love with his mother?
Posted by: TylerAnthony | Friday, 10 October 2008 at 06:59 AM
So being gay is "the wrong example" according to the lady... OMG!!!
Posted by: St Loup | Friday, 10 October 2008 at 08:59 AM
what about hollyoaks with John paul and craig or the vica thats on earlier and and they have kissed loads
and heroin story line to
easternd is a crock of shit anyways
Posted by: jamie | Saturday, 11 October 2008 at 04:35 AM
Bravo to BBC for standing up to the presure and placing the burden on the parents to screen what their children watch.
The sad part is that there are people who believe it is their right to have edited views of the world, pre-packaged and "safe" for the continuing ingorance of themselves and their spawn.
Posted by: William | Saturday, 11 October 2008 at 02:02 PM
Why the hell was a 7 year old child watching EastEnders anyway? I know that British views on raunchy and risque differe than Americans, but even as an American I can tell it should be at least PG14.
Posted by: ;o | Monday, 13 October 2008 at 03:13 PM