The series ran between 2002 and 2004 and had a number of spin-offs.
Writing on the video's caption, Francis added:"I'm on a constant journey of knowledge and just wanted to say I'm deeply sorry. #blacklivesmatter." Craig David, who was among those caricatured on the show, said in a 2016 interview with Q magazine that he had made peace with it.
LeighFrancis Never found this pervert funny anyway
LeighFrancis No, you just got caught.
LeighFrancis Leigh there was no need to come out with crocodile tears , nobody cared as we all knew it was comedy .. u slagged us irish off and we laughed .. your sexual intends against women most laughed but it was comedy .Your career is over now as now by apologising you accept you meant it
LeighFrancis Leigh Francis is a wanker
LeighFrancis This man needs replacement balls as he’s obviously lost his last lot . Ffs
LeighFrancis
LeighFrancis davidwalliams & RealMattLucas next then?
Wonder when it's Lenny Henry's turn to apologise! 🙄
It's called comedy....... People who don't get the comedy then fuck them for not having no personality to understand such things...... Why apologize
I want an apology from the creators of Worzel Gummidge. Assuming that all scarecrows are white is rayyyyycist... ScarecrowEqualityNOW
He took the mickey out of the person not about their colour or race. He dressed up to emulate them. He didnt need to appologise but i respect thats what he felt he had to do and if anyone was offended i hope they accept his appology.
Every day now brings us closer to the film ‘Idiocracy’!! Is this all a wind up, someone is surely just taking the piss out of us!!!!
Fair play Leigh. Takes a big man to apologise and I remember laughing along. There is nothing wrong with looking at yourself and thinking about your actions.
Absolutely ridiculous. No apology needed. Move on.
What a load of bollocks
Nice one Keith. Will you be making some donations to the black charities having made a name and wealth exploiting them for white ppl laughs? lemontwittor
Should Sacha Baron Cohen apologise for Ali G too? ;)
Give all your earnings back made of Bo Selecta then Francis if you're so ashamed of your actions. I'll wait....
Makes me laugh that people actually think that black or ethnic minority people aren’t racist towards white people aswell? Because they are!! That’s a fact.
Good grief 🤷♂️🤷♂️
He shouldn't be apologising for something that was really funny channel 4 gave him 3 series and 3 spin off, why wasn't it pulled then if people thought it was racist, it was just fun from a very funny guy, I have watched Keith lemon from Bo' selecta & celebrity juice
What’s he apologising for? It’s just comedy? If anybody takes offence to that they’re just very sad people with no sense of humour, get a life!!
So many boomers in the comments lol
This is crazy. People have mocked us Irish on TV for years between the whole paddy thing and leprechauns. It's not like we're gonna take offense to all that. I heard Robert Downey Jr is getting it for Tropic Thunder aswell. What a joke. The main topic is police brutality ffs
Do the Osbournes, Beckhams and Jessie Wallace not deserve apologies as well then?
Really The world has gone completely mad...
I hate the world we now live in more each day.
It was not about race it was about taking the piss out of celebs who needed the piss taking out of them and it was hilarious.This does not help the fight against racism at all.
I expect him to go to jail for 20 years.... we have to stamp out racism 🙏🏿
who?
If you take anything out of context you can twist it to be offensive. Blacking up to take the piss out of black people as a race - clearly racist and shouldn’t happen. Mimicking celebs - clearly not racist.
Another celebrity with their feigned support of this 'politically correct' movement. Pffft.
Complete bollocks
Playing the woke card.
I found all his comedy offensive - weak ‘comedy’ with high payed BBC dollybirds like Holly Wilbury. Hope he is going to apologise for all of his ‘sexist’ comedy crap
he should apologise for not being very funny ,ever
If he hasn’t virtue signalled with taking the knee..Is it even an apology.🤷🏼♂️
Why no one even mentioned It 🤔? & I don’t care it was funny as hell & I even know people of colour that used to laugh at it shouting out Bo Selecta! If we not allowed to laugh anymore what a sad world! 😔
His whole show was 'offensive' was it not? You black and white people alike. Struggle to see why one is worse than the other.
You have to forgive him.because he's officially an idiot ! 😨
The least funny man to ever steal a living as a 'comedian'
Had all intentions to keeping off drink this weekend but story’s like this make me want to get pissed
His ironic portrayal of MJ cleverly lampooned him for trying to change his race by cosmetic surgery. Playing Craig David as a Ken Loach throwback from Leeds was equally clever, for almost the reverse reason. It's called satire. He also played a horny bear.
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