Katie Hopkins tour date cancelled after just 24 hours due to accusations of Islamophobia

express.co.uk:

Katie Hopkins, 47, has been making plans to travel around the country, but has since had to scrap one date on her upcoming live theatre tour after just 24 hours thanks to a backlash from furious locals.The cancellation was prompted after a petition created by local residents where she planned to take her show for one date said she was not welcome in their town.Katie was initially booked to host Katie Hopkins Live in 2023 at the Bedford Corn Exchange, Bedford, some time next year.

However, local residents launched a petition against the former Apprentice contestant and accused her of being "Islamophobic and homophobic".The petition to stop Katie from coming to Bedford, which began on a website called 38 Degrees, gained 50 signatures calling for her show to be cancelled within 24 hours.The next day, a Bedford Borough Council spokesperson announced that the event had been cancelled on the grounds that it did not support the city's diverse community.According to The Mirror, the petition read: “[Katie Hopkins] is well known for her Islamophobic, homophobic speeches and rants…“She does not belong in our proudly multi-racial, diverse town.

Inviting her to perform here is an insult to a vast swathe of our population.“Bedford Corn Exchange should be asked to drop her from the bill, to send a strong message about the values we in Bedford hold dear.”Express.co.uk have contacted Katie for comment.

Katie has been absent from mainstream entertainment over the last couple of years after the controversial commentator was banned from Twitter back in 2020.