[AnnieK]

Its just flashed up on my news feed that Kerry used a homophobic slur the other night

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tv/24439211...investigation/

Can't bring myself to click the Sun link but it was during the glamping task I believe.

[Vanessa]

She really needs to go. Absolutely awful human being.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by AnnieK

Its just flashed up on my news feed that Kerry used a homophobic slur the other night

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tv/24439211...investigation/

Can't bring myself to click the Sun link but it was during the glamping task I believe.

It doesn't say what she said but they say it was an outdated expression? can't think of what it could be

[MTVN]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

It doesn't say what she said but they say it was an outdated expression? can't think of what it could be

I was wondering that

[Ammi]

…it’s being reported that she said ‘gay’ …but in a way of saying someone/something was stupid, in a put down/critical type of way…

[Ammi]

…so not the word itself but the using of it as a criticism…/…negative…

[Redrose]

Originally Posted by Ammi

…it’s being reported that she said ‘gay’ …but in a way of saying someone/something was stupid, in a put down/critical type of way…

How childish to do that at her age. It all makes sense why Hallie is so close to her. If someone commented on her being trans it would be a different story.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Redrose

How childish to do that at her age. It all makes sense why Hallie is so close to her. If someone commented on her being trans it would be a different story.

Yeah I was going to say, I don't think I've heard anyone other than a stroppy teenager use that phrase

[Ammi]

Earlier this week, Kerry had secured a spot in Big Brother's 'VIP' campsite during the shopping task. However, things took a much less glamorous turn when Kerry's pals hatched a plan to hide her luxury mattress, telling her that viewers had voted for the housemate that they wanted to lose it.

The NHS worker came under fire for using the word after her co-stars Olivia Young and Jenkin Edwards decided to pull the prank.

Earlier this week, Kerry had secured a spot in Big Brother's 'VIP' campsite during the shopping task. However, things took a much less glamorous turn when Kerry's pals hatched a plan to hide her luxury mattress, telling her that viewers had voted for the housemate that they wanted to lose it.

Kerry voiced her frustrations after the incident, resorting to using the word 'gay' in a problematic manner, saying: "Well, this is gay."

Olivia and Jenkin had to eventually come clean and reveal the prank as Kerry was adamant to take the issue to the Big Brother bosses to retrieve her precious mattress.

Living in the most scrutinised house in the UK, her slip of the tongue didn't go unnoticed.

The 40-year-old has faced backlash on social media over her behaviour in the house, with viewers taking to Twitter (recently rebranded to X) to express their outrage and calling on producers to axe her.

"There is nothing wrong with the word gay itself but the problem is the context in which Kerry used it.," one viewer posted on X after the incident.

"Oh, of course #Kerry uses gay as a derogatory word," another viewer noted.



…full article…

https://www.ladbible.com/entertainme...15849-20231018

[MTVN]

Olivia and Jenkin hid her luxury mattress and lied that viewers had voted for the housemate they most wanted to lose it

that's pretty funny

[AnnieK]

Originally Posted by MTVN

that's pretty funny

They showed a bit of it on Late and Loud on Monday - she was not a happy bunny

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by MTVN

that's pretty funny

Given the time she spends with Jenkin


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[thesheriff443]

So the housemates had respect and inclusion training before going into the house

[Redrose]

They're giving Zak the villain edit but censoring Kerry and Paul's offensive behaviour in the main show.

[GoldHeart]

Originally Posted by Redrose

They're giving Zak the villain edit but censoring Kerry and Paul's offensive behaviour in the main show.

Me thinks BB has their favourites again this year , just when I was praising ITV hosting aswell .

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by GoldHeart

Me thinks BB has their favourites again this year , just when I was praising ITV hosting aswell .

Would take a miracle to save her from eviction this week though

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by Redrose

They're giving Zak the villain edit but censoring Kerry and Paul's offensive behaviour in the main show.

That’s what it looks like


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[Adamw92]

Originally Posted by Redrose

They're giving Zak the villain edit but censoring Kerry and Paul's offensive behaviour in the main show.

Strange isn’t it? wonder why they would do that…

[thesheriff443]

I think the investigation would of been focused on how the comment was aired and not covered by bird song

[Redrose]

Being sly with their editing. Planting the seed with Zak in the kitchen so it would look bad when he was play fighting with Noky in the living room.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Sadly they have tried racist row twice now and now this

Its the only way the PR team can get PR by dressing up something as clickbait

next it will be Trans row

[vesavius]

Not a fan of her but hardly the crime of the century.

Hardly 'homophobic'

[Abra]

Originally Posted by vesavius

Not a fan of her but hardly the crime of the century.

Hardly 'homophobic'

Using the word "gay" in the place of saying something is bad or negative is definitely homophobic, lmao. It's just that it's been normalised and some people simply don't care. Try that with any other minority group and see what the reaction would be.

I'm not saying she's a deliberately homophobic person, but it definitely feels like a bit of a Freudian slip, and it's honestly such an outdated phrase that she's literally made herself look like a 14 year old boy in the year 2008. More than anything, she's just a ****ing dumbass for saying that in the Big Brother house of all places, AND in front of a gay housemate.

[Benjamin]

Originally Posted by Abra

Using the word "gay" in the place of saying something is bad or negative is definitely homophobic, lmao. It's just that it's been normalised and some people simply don't care. Try that with any other minority group and see what the reaction would be.

I'm not saying she's a deliberately homophobic person, but it definitely feels like a bit of a Freudian slip, and it's honestly such an outdated phrase that she's literally made herself look like a 14 year old boy in the year 2008. More than anything, she's just a ****ing dumbass for saying that in the Big Brother house of all places, AND in front of a gay housemate.

I can’t speak for all gay guys, but it really doesn’t offend me.

[Abra]

Originally Posted by Benjamin

I can’t speak for all gay guys, but it really doesn’t offend me.

That's not really the point though. It doesn't offend me because I don't value her opinion and I'm too secure to be offended by something like that.

BUT, you can still call out the fact of her words being homophobic without being personally offended. She still used the word "gay" as a pejorative, and given the fact she's a forty year old woman, it says a lot about her character. And alas, we've already got people jumping on the bandwagon to say that using "gay" as a negative slur isn't homophobic, which is laughable and only helps to further weaponise gay people as "snowflakes" for caring about homophobic language and stoke the rampant culture wars we are seeing at the moment, thanks to a supposed harmless comment from her.

It's fine for someone to say that it doesn't offend them, or that they simply don't care, that's their prerogative, but the mental gymnastics to pretend like it's not homophobic are ridiculous. Is it equal to an egregious act of homophobia or a hate crime? No. But it's still homophobic and language matters.