Craig David slams ITV's Keith Lemon for 'bullying' over 'hurtful' Bo Selecta sketch

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Craig David has branded Leigh Francis, known by his stage name Keith Lemon, as “insincere” on BBC Breakfast.He joined show presenters Sally Nugent and Jon Kay to talk about his new album and his 22 years in the music industry.Craig has been a regular chart topper and is a huge name in both the garage and pop scenes.READ MORE: Rita Ora shows off dynamite figure in cut-out jeans and plunging corset held up by luckHowever, the topic of conversation grew serious as he opened up on the bullying he experienced when he was younger and throughout his time in the music biz.He spoke about Bo Selecta, a comedy sketch show first broadcast in 2002, and the mocking he received from Keith Lemon himself.The comedian wore rubber masks on the show and took the mick out of many popular celebrities, including Craig himself, who told the BBC hosts that he couldn’t accept Keith’s apology.During one skit, he wore a rubber mask which bore a striking resemblance to the musician and proceeded to tell viewers about his “life story” with some offensive storylines.One included Craig being forced to wear a urostomy bag while another showed him trying to make it big in America, only to find himself in Mallorca.The cringe-worthy sketch continued to paint Craig as a failure and as though his career was hanging on by a thread, only to end with “Craig” working in a call centre.Despite the likeness, Keith insisted that the character was not based on Craig, but the musician was having none of it.Craig spoke about the ordeal on BBC Breakfast and said that “when the show was out,” it was a “period of time of hard processing for him”.He continued: "I didn't know why a song like Rewind, which was a cultural song that broke the ice for so many artists to come.