Jeremy Clarkson has defended Len Goodman, after the previous Strictly Come Dancing decide was blasted after describing what his grandmother thought of curry powder.
In the course of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations, Len appeared alongside MasterChef’s John Torode to speak concerning the celebrations with host Kirsty Younger, when he was requested, throughout a dialog on avenue events, whether or not he was a prepare dinner.
He rapidly responded: ’No, I’m hopeless, truthfully. My spouse did Coronation hen yesterday for our tea and I’ve by no means had it earlier than.
‘I’ve by no means had curry and curry powder, , my nan used to name all of it “international muck”’ he defined, prompting amusing from John.
‘I used to be at all times fearful about it,’ he continued. ‘However I need to say, it was ridiculous. It was actually tasty.’
After the remark was met with outrage from viewers, with the BBC confirming Clare Balding’s apology for anybody who might have been ‘offended’ was about 78-year-old Len’s reply, Jeremy has defended the dancer.
In response to Jeremy, ‘everybody with spots and hormonal points’ claimed ‘this colonial and racist perspective is strictly what’s flawed with privileged white males at present’, whereas additionally accusing the BBC of getting ‘the identical spinal integrity as a sea anemone’ for its apology.
Insisting he’s had ‘sufficient of this nonsense’, the Grand Tour host highlighted Len’s age, writing the dancer was ‘introduced up on a eating regimen of Alf Garnett and Leonard Rossiter, who routinely made jokes about black folks and girls’, seemingly as an excuse.
‘That’s the world Len’s from,’ Jeremy wrote in his column for The Occasions yesterday. ‘That’s his nature, and his nurture. And but he’s tailored. He’s modified. He’s realised the world of his childhood ought to now be seen as muddle-headed and flawed…’
Jeremy went on to say Len shouldn’t be criticised ‘for saying how issues was once’ however as an alternative ‘praised for having the wit and the power of character to alter his methods’.
The presenter then went on to accuse folks of discovering new ‘issues that expose the meanness that lives in all white heterosexuals’, reminiscent of ‘new pronouns and new prejudices’.
He wrote: ‘Properly, sorry, but when we depart apart the implications of conflict, it’s honest to say that no era at any level in historical past has needed to change as a lot or as rapidly as mine has. And, frankly, what Len Goodman and I would love now from the acne-ingrained youths and the social media warriors is a little bit of gratitude. And an acceptance that we're allowed to say that some meals from overseas isn’t very good.’
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