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BGT Ofcom complaints hit 22k over Diversity’s BLM dance making it almost the most-complained about TV item of the decade

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14.09.2020 - 19:25

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BRITAIN'S Got Talent has been hit with a staggering 21,673 complaints over Diversity’s Black Lives Matter routine. The number of objections to the TV watchdog has continued to rocket about the dance, which saw a white police officer kneeling on Ashley Banjo, and is now close to being TV's most complained about moment of the decade.

Ofcom revealed the new figure to The Sun hours after Ashley explained he has been the victim of racist abuse since the performance.

The TV star posted a gallery of horrible messages he had been sent but insisted "every complaint was worth it". The dance referenced the death of George Floyd by a police officer in the US and saw backing dancers dressed in riot gear.

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