‘Scooby-Doo’ spinoff ‘Velma’ is in hot water again over sickle cell joke

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15.02.2023 - 19:09

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repeatedly called out for issues such as sexualizing minors and pushing a woke agenda, is now in hot water over a crass joke at the expense of those who suffer sickle cell anemia.

The HBO Max show has been picked up for a second season, despite ending up as the third worst-reviewed show in Internet Movie Database (IMDB) history.

All of this comes as the show is now under fire for a joke that tied attractiveness to the blood disorder sickle cell anemia.

As noted by the entertainment site Bounding Into Comics, longtime “Scooby Doo” character Fred tells Velma “I have a disease where I can’t recognize people who aren’t hot….

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