Comic Boyle will wilt without the oxygen of bad publicity
FOLLOWING his comments about Rebecca Adlington, we have decided to publish a selection of photographs of Scottish comedian Frankie Boyle.
We invite your comments below, reminding you of that old adage about stones and greenhouses.
CONTROVERSIAL: Frankie Boyle has been reprimanded by the BBC Trust following comments about Rebecca Adlington. He has refused to apologise.
One wonders how many years the 37-year old Scottish comic has stood in front of the mirror to perfect a default pose so gloriously gormless.
Perhaps that's why he called his book My Shit Life So Far.
However, you have to question the decision of Adlington's agent to keep the story in the spotlight by dignifying such purile rubbish with a response.
Comics thrive on this sort of negative publicity.
Which is the reason why Russell Brand has lost little work since his run-in with the BBC and Jimmy Carr is playing to sell-out crowds this week, just days after joking about injured serviceman and the Paralympics.
Just a note, while Adlington is looking to add to her medal collection at next year's Commonwealth Games, Boyle will be playing the Auditorium in Grimsby - and yes, tickets are still available.
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Get out of your asses
Get out of your asses seriously. He is a very funny and talented comedian and insults people like this regularly and this is the first time anyone has made a big deal of it. Seriously people what is this country coming to
Jovial Jocks
How can anyone seriously say Scotland is not a place known for its humour? After all, they enter a team in the Six Nations Rugby Tournament every year. And what about the Krankies - absolutely fandabidozi.
I have great respect for
I have great respect for Becky as a swimmer, but she's got the wrong idea about this one. Stick to the swimming - the public's opinion is good enough to guide media censorship.
Pathetic and unfunny
Pathetic and unfunny smackhead loser. Ignore him Becky
Surely the bigger issue here
Surely the bigger issue here is the senseless attack on the Auditorium in Grimsby. That is a quality venue that has seen some of the greatest talents north lincolnshire has to offer. Forget Adlington and Boyle - leave off Grimsby.
Becky
Ignore him Rebecca. His life is so pathetic he resorts to getting famous by hateful comments, hardly a clever joke - just offensive. You, on the other hand, are an inspiration. Since you won your golds we've more kids coming to our swim club than ever before. Thanks Rebecca and no thanks to this comic.
Rebecca who?
Maybe it's just that I find sports of all kind completely irrelevant, but this row is the first I've heard of Rebecca Whosis.
Frankie on the other hand I know well and he will go from strength to strength.
Just watched the comments again on YouTube. Brilliant.
Thanks James, I totally
Thanks James, I totally agree. This guy is a loser and all those who laugh are losers too.
Donald
wheres the sense of humour
going back 20-30-40 years people used to have a sense of humour about this sort of thing,
franky boyle is a lovely sensitive guy who can be a bit mouthy and can say quick things off the cuff, it seems for some people its only funny when its someone other than themselves being the center point for a slight teasing.
i think its a terrible shame i really do as frankie does make me larff.
get over yourself rebecca my love not everyone can be pretty,
good game good game
i like the way your blanking that camera frankie, with your big nonchalant klingon forehead.
at least if it all goes wrong you can fall back on your proclaimers gigs frankie
brucie over and out
Brucie, just because your
Brucie, just because your wife is a former Miss World and about 70 years your junior.
Rebecca Adlington at the Olympics....didn't she do well!
Becky
Two gold medals, inspiring a new generation of kids to take up swimming. A lovely, down to earth attitude and what does Becky get? She becomes some sad comic's very unfunny punchline. Well done BBC for airing such tripe.
Rebecca is a national asset.
Rebecca is a national asset. An example to all. Very easy to make sad jokes. The person who made is as pathetic as those that laugh.
Frankie's right
He does have a point though - I saw several people in Clapham High Street wearing an Adlington masks on Halloween. Scared the bejesus out of me.
It is easy for people like
It is easy for people like you to make snide comments from behind your computer screen. I am sure you and Frankie would be very different if you were face to face with our double Olympic champion
It is easy for people like
It is easy for people like you to make snide comments from behind your computer screen. I am sure you and Frankie would be very different if you were face to face with our double Olympic champion
Vicky, You are completely
Vicky,
You are completely correct, it is easy to make comments behind your computer screen, that's why and I and lots of other people do it. You should join in sometime, it is very satisfying.
As for why I wouldn't make the comments to Rebecca in person a) I don't want to go to Mansfield, it's a shithole and b) I couldn't fit into the same room as Rebecca and her nose.
Kind regards
Dave
Dave Dyer. Any relation to
Dave Dyer. Any relation to Danny? You certainly are as big a twat as him. It's easy to navigate away from this site - you are just a couple of keystrokes away from the pornography you crave you pathetic creep.
Liam
PS - I'd rather be on a team of winners like Becky than a team of losers like Boyle.
Frankie's right
He does have a point though - I saw several people in Clapham High Street wearing an Adlington masks on Halloween. Scared the bejesus out of me.
If you don't like it...
change the f**king channel you a r s e hole.
Sorry but saying just change
Sorry but saying just change the channel is a bullshit argument. What Boyle did was victimisation pure and simple. If you saw someone being victimised on the street like that - what would you do - cross the road?
GET YOUR HOUSE IN ORDER
The uproar surrounding this story is ridiculous.
Whatever happened to free speech? How can the BBC allow Nick Griffin to air his views on TV then react to Miss Adlington's complaints about Mr Boyle???? Get your house in order BEEB.
Don't knock Auntie
So it is the BBC's fault that you have saddos with nothing better to do than go round jumping on their high horse? They will get a shoeing from the popular press if they are seen not to respond and then if they do they are giving into to 'disgusted from Tunbridge Wells' brigade
Yawn.
So why is this all being dragged up a year after it happened? Because Adlington is falling out the limelight?
"Wait, who is she again? The girl who won the gold medals? OH I LIKE HER! Down with comedians!"
It's the same morons who complained about Sachsgate. Seriously, why do people watch shows like Mock the Week and then complain? Daily sodding Mail readers, that's who.
It was a joke - and it wasn't even that offensive. Get over it.
Agreed - I would love to see
Agreed - I would love to see the reaction of someone who actually went to either Boyle's or Jimmy Carr's gigs, then they really would have something to complain about.
On the one hand the Daily Mail gets its knickers in a twist about anyone who makes the slightest joke they deem 'offensive' and by the same token are outraged by political correctness gone mad
Shame they are only fingers
Shame they are only fingers he's pointing at his head.....
I reckon Becky could take
I reckon Becky could take him anyway.
Adlington - get a grip
You have got a nose the size of a small African country - surely surgery is the answer. Not only will it stop you being cannon fodder for people like Boyle but it will create less drag and probably knock a couple of seconds off your swim times.
Any idiot could get up on
Any idiot could get up on stage and bully people about their looks. Try working your arse off training to win not one but two Olympic golds. Rebecca is an inspiration, Boyle just an irritation. He's also a speccy twat.
Anyone could get up on stage
Anyone could get up on stage and make jokes about people's looks? Interesting concept, I take it you have never been to a stand-up night before then? If you haven't try booking yourself a slot at Late and Live during the Edinburgh fesitval and see how easy it is then pal.
Anyone could get up on stage
Anyone could get up on stage and make jokes about people's looks? Interesting concept, I take it you have never been to a stand-up night before then? If you haven't try booking yourself a slot at Late and Live during the Edinburgh fesitval and see how easy it is then pal.
Ben, Any idiot with a thick
Ben,
Any idiot with a thick enough skin can stand up and make a prick of themselves on stage. Try winning an Olympic medal. Then try winning two.
Charlotte
Adlington - get a grip
You have got a nose the size of a small African country - surely surgery is the answer. Not only will it stop you being cannon fodder for people like Boyle but it will create less drag and probably knock a couple of seconds off your swim times.
Helena, to enlighten you,
Helena,
to enlighten you, Frankie has already left the building, or Mock The Week even. And as for you Toney, you're not exactly Brad Pitt are you now? Which, unlike Helena, is useful
Scotland - not a place known
Scotland - not a place known for its humour. And that tie doesn't match your pink jacket.
BBC should ban him from Mock
BBC should ban him from Mock the Week, which is a piss poor show which indulges too many not very funny comics. On the other hand, perhaps that is what we wants. Let's descend to the humour he understands - he looks like a prick...only they are useful.
Helena, I think you will
Helena,
I think you will find that he has already quit Mock the Week anwyay and if the show offends you so much then you know what? You can change the channel.
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