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Craig David slams ITV's Keith Lemon for 'bullying' over 'hurtful' Bo Selecta sketch
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
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This Morning's Holly Willoughby reunites with old co-star amid 'Queuegate' chaos
This Morning's Holly Willoughby has shared a sweet post dedicated to her friend and former co-star Keith Lemon.For years, Holly starred on the ITV2 show alongside Keith, who is played by Leigh Francis, and Ferne Cotton.It seems like the pair have rekindled for a catchup if social media is anything to go by as she shared his Instagram Story of them both.READ MORE: Bar offers free queue jump if 'your name is Holly or Phil' amid This Morning rowOn Wednesday (September 28), Keith shared a close-up snap of the two together smiling on his profile.He captioned the snap: "Lovely seeing @hollywilloughby this morning!"Holly then reshared the picture and wrote: "Love you @keithlemon..."This could mean that the pair could be reuniting on screen very soon – which would thrill fans.Though this does come after Holly and her ITV co-star Phillip Schofield have come under fire by fans who claim they shouldn't have "skipped the queue" at Westminster Hall when visiting the Queen lying in state.Over 75,000 people have now signed a petition to get Holly and Phil off air on This Morning as they request for them to be axed.For the latest breaking news and stories from across the globe from the Daily Star, sign up for our newsletter by clicking hereThough A Place in The Sun's Laura Hamilton believes this is far-fetched and that the two deserve to stay.Laura backed them both and explained how she thinks they should keep their jobs on the ITV programme.During an exclusive Facebook Live, Laura said that she didn't want to comment on it, but agrees that they should stay and that they're "both brilliant presenters."READ NEXT:Graham Norton offered queue jump ticket along with Holly and Phil to see Queen’s coffinITV's Anne Hegerty defends Holly and
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