Gogglebox hit with more Ofcom complaints as fans scarred by controversial duck sex scene

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Gogglebox has been hit with over 200 Ofcom complaints after airing a sex scene featuring a duck.Viewers were left unimpressed as the group of armchair critics watched an expect from feminist anthology series Roar during an episode of the Channel 4 show which aired on Friday, April 22.The clip in question is from the episode named 'The Woman Who Was Fed by a Duck', which, as well as exploring the issue of domestic abuse, featured s a scene in which Merritt Wever's character Elisa is sexually pleasured by a duck.Ofcom has received 68 complaints from April 26 until May 2 about the now infamous Gogglebox scene, on top of the 149 from last week.During the Roar scenes aired on Gogglebox, Elisa could be seen forming a romantic relationship with a talking duck.Later in the episode, the bird instructed Elisa to lie on the floor and remove her trousers before performing oral sex on her - leaving both the Gogglebox cast and viewers at home horrified.While TV star Giles Wood dubbed the scene "the worst thing he'd ever seen on television", viewers on Twitter also made their horror known.One viewer said: "Gogglebox should not be promoting shows that are basically insinuating bestiality.

That was absolutely disgusting and wasn't in the slightest bit funny."Another wrote: "Deeply disturbing is the best way to describe it."A third commented: "Just seen a clip of a talking duck having oral sex with a woman on #gogglebox and I'm legit traumatised.""We watched Gogglebox this evening.

That duck programme #roar… I am actually traumatised. I'm genuinely upset," another concluded.Speaking on the scene herself, Roar actress Merritt Wever told Radio Times: "I hope people feel it was worthwhile."I hope people feel it's treated with respect."I hope.