Frankie Boyle slams Mark Watson
January 10th, 2011 - 9:23 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhattondon, Jan 10 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Frankie Boyle made sure that his opinion about fellow comedian Mark Watson was broadcast to the public.
Boyle took to the popular social networking and micro blogging site Twitter to slam Watson for his recent condemnation of his action. Watson had earlier questioned how Boyle could have made a joke about Down’s Syndrome when in fact a woman who 5-year-old son was sitting right in front of the comedian.
In some of his old blog posts, Watson has questioned the use of disabilities in jokes. He wrote that, “I’ve seen scores and scores of gags at the expense of fat people, gay people, disabled people, women, pretty much every minority group other than 45-year-old, slightly paunchy stand-ups in suit jackets.”
Boyle was not amused with his posts. He commented on the original posts and when he realized that it might not get the necessary attention, he turned to Twitter.
He tweeted that, “Amused to be sent an attack on my work by Mark Watson. A sellout who takes money to advertise booze to his teenage fans. A c**t.”
The exchanges have left many people wondering what might have happened between the two because they have sat together before on BBC’s Mock The Week show.
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