Jason Manford has laughed off an accusation he's bigoted after ruffling feathers with a joke about anti-maskers. The Stockport comic hosted last night's Live at the Apollo Christmas special on the BBC.
But he raised hackles when he told a gag about medics and scientists the world over saying Covid was dangerous while 'your brother's friend from the gym says it isn't'.
He joked: "It happened to me in the middle of the pandemic. I was walking in my village and my brother's mate from the gym, Dean, saw me. READ MORE: Huge cannabis farm worth MILLIONS discovered just off Deansgate 'Hey Jay, alright mate.
I see you're wearing your mask, like a sheep'. "I said 'Yeah, yeah, I am yeah'. "'What you wearing that for mate? They don't do nowt. "I
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