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Frank Skinner admits David Baddiel blacking up as Jason Lee was a 'f*** up'

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BBC for not stopping him and David Baddiel poking fun at footie player Jason Lee - who they mocked for having a ‘pineapple on his head’.The 65-year-old joker, famed for his stand-up shows and presenting TV shows Fantasy Football League and Room 101, said the sketches for the 90s show were in bad taste.

He said that when fellow host David Baddiel performed a skit in ‘blackface’ as the Nottingham Forest player they should have been stopped by BBC bosses.Jason Lee, who retired from playing footy in 2011, scored 118 career goals - including 14 for Forest - was known for wearing his hair in a ‘distinctive’ way, resembling a ‘pineapple’.READ MORE: Win 2 tickets to watch England vs Germany in Nations League action at Wembley Stadium Speaking recently, Frank said: “It was bad...I spoke to Dave about it recently, from a ‘how the-f**k did that ever happen’ point of view.

I still don’t know how it happened.“I know why we took the p**s out of him, because I’d watched him on Match of the Day missing several goals, so a sketch about him being unable to put a piece of paper into a bin worked.

But when Dave walked out from makeup (in blackface) that night, I still don’t know why one or both of us, or someone there didn’t say what the f**k is happening?”He added: “I can’t look back on it now without seeing it as bullying.

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