Feb 5
First Janet Jackson naked, now Rotten yells “Cunts”
Janet Jackson only needs to flash her breast to get America outraged, at least John Lydon has to shout “fucking cunts” to secure a few complaints.
Despite issuing an apology for Lydon’s comments on a live segment of ‘I’m A
Celeb’, ITV insiders say that the 98 complaints they have received from an
estimated audience of 12 million shows how things have changed – even though
the show is on quite late you would have expected more outrage in the past.
Certainly the fall out was nothing compared to what followed that other
famous Lydon live TV outburst when – having been challenged by BBC presenter Bill Grundy to “say something outrageous” on tea time telly – Lydon called the presenter a “fucking rotter” – a TV moment that caused questions to be asked in the Commons, a tabloid frenzy and, of course, the Daily Mirror’s famous ‘The Filth and the Fury’ headline.
Despite all that ITV confirmed they were adding a slight time delay to the
live segments of the jungle show: “We’ve no wish to offend viewers or mar
their enjoyment. We’re therefore building a very short time delay into
transmission to enable us to bleep unacceptable language.”
Though as one caller to Radio 5 Live pointed out – you have to assume ITV
expected some Lydon swearing: “My nine-year-old daughter begged me to stay
up and watch it, but I didn’t let her because I expected bad language. I mean for goodness sake, why else have they got Johnny Rotten on?”
Via: From CMU
It is obvious that Rotten was included on the show to provide some “personality”. Let’s face it, most of the other contestants don’t have much. I am sure ITV chiefs were well aware that Rotten would give the show an audience that would not normally want to watch a bunch of spoiled celebrities whinge. Now all he needs to do is punch Peter Andr.
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challenged by BBC presenter Bill Grundy to “say something outrageous” on tea time telly – Lydon called the presenter a “fucking rotter”
One small sentence and two big errors. Steve Jones said it (in response to Grundy chatting upp Siouxsie Sioux) and the programme was on ITV but only in the London area. Sheesh!
Back up: http://beard.dialnsa.edu/~George068/sex%20pistols%20grundy.html
Blimmin Heck!
Even my back up is wrong! It claims Steve Jones was the drummer. Strewth.