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Rebel Wilson calls Little Britain black face axe 'crazy' as she defends Matt Lucas

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Rebel Wilson has spoken out to defend her longtime pal Matt Lucas after his show Little Britain was pulled from Netflix over its black face characters.

Lucas and his co-star David Williams issued an apology after it was revealed the site was dropping the show, along with other streaming services including BBC iPlayer and BritBox.

Now Rebel has weighed in on the matter, insisting the decision to axe Little Britain was "a bit crazy". During an interview on Australian news program Studio 10, the Pitch Perfect star said: "Matt Lucas' show Little Britain got pulled, which I just think is a bit crazy. "They obviously played many different characters on that show." She went on: "At the moment we're in the time of hyper-social justice as there

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