He said: "The day will come when they'll say a dame, which is essentially a male character in women's clothing, will have to be played by a woman.”This rant comes after campaigners have branded panto dames as “sexist” and “transphobic.”He added: “The whole thing is ridiculous.”The actor is currently playing a dame in Jack and the Beanstalk at the Orchard Theatre in Dartford.Christopher has fought a lot in the past to preserve the tradition of panto dames.In 2016, Caroline Quentin came head-to-head with Christopher about the issue.The actress has branded the tradition “sexist” in her column for Prima Magazine at the time.He retorted to the Daily Mail at the time: “I don’t think it’s sexist at all - it’s simply a tradition that goes.
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