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CodeMiko, 33, — real name Youna Kang — said on Twitter regarding the literal hair-raising challenge. The influencer regularly uploads gaming content to her nearly 1 million followers on the platform.For her latest stunt, CodeMiko appeared to be playing a version of trivia but with more high-voltage consequences for guessing the wrong answer.In the clip, captioned “How Dumb Are We?” CodeMiko and fellow streamer HanaxBananaa can be seen donning matching black dog collars.

More newspapers say they are dropping the “Dilbert” comic strip after creator Scott Adams this week advised white people to “get the f–k away” from Black people.The Cleveland Plain Dealer announced the paper is cutting ties with Adams for the “racist rant” on his online show “Real Coffee with Scott Adams.” The move comes five months after Lee Enterprises cut the cartoon from its newspapers as it scaled back its funny pages. “This is not a difficult decision,” Plain Dealer Editor Chris Quinn wrote Friday in his letter from the editor.

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….

READ MORE: Following the publication of the interview, Graham took to Twitter to address Bill’s remarks on several different occasions.In one tweet, Graham said he had called the comedian to “explain my position”.He said: “I just phoned Bill and explained my position.“Hopefully he’s not so baffled now and has agreed to sign my petition supporting JK Rowling.“Surely you don’t support this kind of homophobia, Bill?” Graham added in a separate post, linking to a story about a trans woman giving a talk at a school.Bill later deleted his Twitter account, with the gesture being taken by some as the comic being “hounded” by Graham’s supporters.Twitter user_k_crosby_ said: “So Bill Bailey becomes the latest to be hounded from Twitter by the transphobes.“As is so often the case, his crime was not even to substantively stand up for trans people, but simply to fail to full-throatedly endorse GCism when called upon to do so.

Peter Kay, 49, has lamented the “backlash” caused by "cancel culture" nowadays when he appeared on The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show yesterday.The star’s comments on BBC Radio 2 come as fans continue to take to Twitter today to complain about difficulties with booking tickets for his upcoming tour. Peter and Zoe, 51, were co-presenting her BBC show following the comedian’s exciting announcement that he would be going on tour after 12 years of absence from the stand-up scene. Ever the funnyman, Peter played a game with Zoe which involved listening out for commonly misheard lyrics in songs.One song that the pair played for Radio 2 listeners was You Get What You Give by New Radicals.The lead singer Gregg Alexander can be heard singing the lyric “what’s real can’t die”. However, Peter pointed out that the “can’t die” sounded remarkably similar to the name of Liverpudlian comedian Sir Ken Dodd.“Hang on, it’s coming up now - Ken Dodd,” Peter said in time with the music, as Zoe burst out laughing. “It goes on for ages! He must be a fan of Ken Dodd, he just shouts it out randomly,” Peter joked.“It’s so true! Like the Diddymen,” Zoe said in reference to the mythical race made famous by comedic legend Ken. The Diddymen have existed in Merseyside mythology for years and refer to a miniature race of people.While they started as an unseen joke, the characters eventually went on to appear onstage with the comedian, and were played by either children or adults with dwarfism.“Oh, you can’t say that now,” Peter told Zoe about the reference, “No, it’s not allowed.” “Oh, is it not?” Zoe said in a hushed tone. “No,” Peter reiterated as the song continued to play.“Can’t say anything!” Peter said.

“cancel culture” on colleges Monday, with one expert analogizing the so-called phenomenon to “McCarthyism,” while the other suggested it was a “conservative” myth.The war of words transpired on Monday’s show during a segment on cancel culture called “You Can’t Say That,” Fox News reported.“People are looking over their shoulders and watching their words out of fear of someone pointing a finger publicly and saying ‘You can’t say that!'” declared the 72-year-old television host, whose real name is Philip McGraw. The Oklahoman entertainer further compared cancel culture to a “mob mentality” that results in people getting “banished from society forever.” McGraw then brought on two experts to debate the topic: the president of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression Greg Lukianoff and Shaun Harper, Executive director of the USC Race and Equity Center.“I have never seen anything like it in my career than I’ve seen over the last two years,” exclaimed Lukianoff, who had Zoomed into the show.

Speaking to DailyMailTV, Sharon said: "I learned a lot through [getting canceled] but you are who you are."I am not a racist … never said one racist thing."People are woke, it's a whole different world out there. People conduct themselves differently now."It came after Sharon was attacked on The Talk for defending Piers Morgan after the star had left Good Morning Britain over his controversial views on Meghan Markle. Sharon's defense of Piers on the live show did not sit well with her The Talk co-host Sheryl Underwood.The star added when speaking about her entanglements with Sheryl, that words can easily be "distorted".She said: "It's scary when you can say one thing and it gets distorted or people don't understand the context."The wife of rocker Ozzy Osbourne maintained she would not talk about certain things again as you "just can't win".Sharon and Ozzy have recently announced their decision to return to the UK after having lived in the US. It comes after Ozzy was diagnosed with Parkinson's but Sharon said it "wasn't the reason" the couple wanted to return home. The pair insisted the real reason was due to the rise in violent crime across America. Ozzy said, speaking to The Observer: "Everything’s f***ing ridiculous there.

Harry Potter author's new novel which involves the topic and theme of cancel culture, among other things. The pair spoke on his show last month, and the decision was met with some scorn by fans and critics of the author. It comes after she came under fire, initially in June 2020, for controversial tweets she had posted about the transgender community. Her stance has caused fans and Harry Potter film stars, such as Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint to speak out against her. In a new conversation with The Times, Graham has defended his decision to interview the polarising writer amid the contention.He said it would feel "wrong" to not interview someone purely because he disagrees with their views.Graham reiterated that it seems "just as bad" to not speak to someone because of their views as the fact that it will "annoy some people."The TV host said: "Am I suddenly the f**king moral arbiter of the world who says who can be on TV or can’t? No.“People will be on my show and I’ll laugh with them and that will annoy some people, but not having them on seems just as bad.”He did say however, that it would have been easier to simply "not have her on", but explained it didn't "seem right". Graham added: “[I] wouldn’t have her on to air her views, [but] she has the right to still wang on about her crime novel."The easiest thing would be to not have her on, but that didn’t seem right.”After the interview was first announced, other guests Lucy Moss and Toby Marlow pulled out of their appearances on Graham's radio show.The pair explained they didn't "feel comfortable" being on the same billing as JK Rowling, according to Huff Post. JK also addressed speculation that the reason she didn't attend the recent Harry Potter

comedy character, portrayed by Royston Vasey, has had several performances of his UK tour cancelled over racism, sexism and homophobia concerns. New Theatre Royal Lincoln says his September shows will still go ahead, because it wants to offer "a wide a variety of entertainment" to its audiences. A venue run by Lancaster City Council scrapped Vasey's character after just 59 people signed a petition earlier this year.Vasey has since been axed at a venue operated by Sheffield City Council.But a spokesman for New Theatre Royal Lincoln said: "Royston Vasey is a comedian, and we have lots of comedians in our programme.Some people do find his Roy "Chubby" Brown character controversial, but we aim to bring as wide a variety of entertainment to Lincoln audiences as possible."The move has been praised online, Lincolnshire Live reports."Well done New Theatre Royal. Common sense at last from someone," one fan wrote."If you don’t like it, don’t buy a ticket.Some people will enjoy it, so let them," another stated.A third shared: "For goodness sake’s, if you don’t like him don’t go.

BBC comedy ‘Allo ‘Allo! The popular sitcom aired from 1982 until 1992 and amassed fans across the world with its cheeky double entendres set in wartime France. However, Vicki says that the programme probably wouldn’t get made today for fear of “aversion” from members of the public. She said: “Comedy is being neutralised - or nuked. I think 80 percent of this country would love comedy like ‘Allo ‘Allo! to be made again.So, 20 percent might take aversion to some of the content.” Vicki also pointed out the contradiction that many reality shows nowadays are allowed to show nudity, sexual content and explicit swearing. She continued to The Mirror: There was none of that in ‘Allo ‘Allo!...

several toxic workplace and harassment allegations against him.On an episode of Michael Rosenbaum’s “Inside of You” podcast, Fillion noted that Whedon is a “funny, self-deprecating, incredibly talented” filmmaker who is “maybe a little haunted.”He also touched upon a January 2022 article from New York Magazine where Whedon addressed some of the accusations.“I read that article, and nowhere in there at any point in time did he mention ‘Firefly,’” Fillion told the “Smallville” alum. “I had an entirely … that was not my experience with that man,” he continued.“I mean, listen by his own admission, that guy’s a work-in-progress, and I appreciate that,” the “Waitress” actor went on.

Disney on blast for replacing Allen with “Captain America” star Chris Evans in the new “Toy Story” spin-off, “Lightyear.”“Saw the trailer for Buzz Lightyear and all I can say is Disney/Pixar made a HUGE mistake in not casting my pal Tim Allen in the role that he originated, the role that he owns,” the 64-year-old sitcom star fumed on Tuesday in a viral Twitter thread with thousands of shares. “Tim IS Buzz! Why would they completely castrate this iconic, beloved character?”Allen, 69, had memorably voiced the irrepressible wannabe astronaut 1995’s original “Toy Story,” along with its sequels “Toy Story 2” and “Toy Story 3,” as well as countless other projects.

being dragged by disability advocates on social media on Monday, Lizzo has responded to her use of an “ableist” lyric. Her statement comes after social media users nearly canceled her for the lyric: “Do you see this s- -t? I’m a sp-z.”“It’s been brought to my attention that there are [sic] is a harmful word in my song ‘GRRRLS,'” the “Truth Hurts” songstress wrote on Twitter.“Let me make one thing clear: I never want to promote derogatory language. As a fat black woman in America, I’ve had many hurtful words used against me so I understand the power words can have (whether intentionally or in my case, unintentionally.)“I’m proud to say there’s a new version of girls with a lyric change.

BBC show "had about three people watching it" but bosses decided to keep it regardless.He said: "It was not greeted well. With comedy you have to give it time to breathe, so the audience can learn about the characters."We got another series and even given the chance to keep improving.”“They don't want to do that these days, they just want the audience figures,” the Del Boy star concluded, according to the Mirror.David’s remarks come after his co-star John Challis issued a warning about the future of comedy shortly before his death last year.The late actor, who passed away aged 79, condemned cancel culture in the comedy world.He pointed out how every joke and opinion has the potential to offend someone.John told the Daily Star: “You've got to be so careful - the BBC are being so careful about what they're putting out and I think the world has changed.“I think it's just gone too far.

The Los Angeles Times. The digital disappearance was uncovered revealed by JRE Missing, an automated watchdog that keeps tabs on episodes.Per the site, the glitch affected a whopping 36 episodes, which were reportedly recorded before the podcast purveyor acquired the show — including its catalog of past episodes — in 2020 for $200 million.Naturally, the phenomenon might seem suspect given Spotify’s history of surreptitiously deleting “JRE” episodes over controversial content.However, the latest batch seemed to have been Houdini’d at random as they featured a grab-bag of guests, including Republican Texas Rep.

in his just-released Netflix special “SuperNature.” The British “Office” creator’s name was trending on Twitter Tuesday as the LGBTQ community urged viewers to boycott the special — with some folks vowing to cancel their Netflix subscriptions.“I love the new women,” Gervais snarks in the special, which has only been on the streaming platform for several hours as of Tuesday morning. “They’re great, aren’t they? The new ones we’ve been seeing lately.

The Sun that perhaps she is simply "desperate for human company".However, cancel culture, combined with compensation lawsuits, seem to have made many people anxious about laughing and joking in case their intentions are misinterpreted.Ulrika made it clear she's firmly against racism or homophobia, however, she believes that some of the other jokes might have been taken too seriously.She also added she believed that most "right-minded" people knew when to draw the line and what the difference was between a light-hearted jibe and an inappropriate and offensive one.Ulrika, who has also admitted to mixed feelings about the "neutrality" of her home country, Sweden, has nonetheless caused offence online herself recently.In a separate Sun column earlier in the year, she had commented on a hospital trust in Brighton and Sussex which suggested to midwives they could "refer to mothers as birthing parents and the act of breastfeeding as chest-feeding”.The new terminology had been adopted in a bid to make trans or non-binary parents feel more included.However, Ulrika challenged: "Why can I not enjoy being called a mother? I don’t want to be a ‘birthing parent’."She added: "Why does traditional terminology always have to incite negative connotations?"At what point am I allowed to stand up and say my breasts are called breasts because that is what they biologically and organically are?”The comment caused offence among some members of the transgender community.However Ulrika insists she is not transphobic, and merely feels proud to be female.Pink News also commented that "birthing people" was being used as an additional term, alongside the conventional label of "mother", instead of replacing it.After claiming she had been a victim of

the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade draft, popular game Wordle has scrapped “fetus” as a possible answer to Monday’s game — calling it “unintentional and a coincidence” — although many users reported still being able to submit it.“We take our role seriously as a place to entertain and escape, and we want Wordle to remain distinct from the news,” the New York Times — which acquired the game three months ago — wrote on its site regarding the measure.Monday’s Wordle Of The Day was changed from “fetus” to a less politically-charged answer.

Piers Morgan, 57, claimed the attack on comedian Dave Chapelle was “political” on his TalkTV show tonight.

Harry Potter author JK Rowling has faced backlash from LGBT+ campaigner and founder of Lesbian Visibility Week Linda Riley after sending out a tweet today.The writer has previously been criticised by LGBT+ groups and fans of her books about the wizarding world for her views on transgender rights. This morning, Rowling sent out a tweet to her 13.9 million followers, sharing a picture of her friend Allison Bailey marching for lesbian, gay and bisexual rights in San Fransisco back in 1991. She captioned the photo: “Lesbian Visibility Week starts today in the UK. “A good moment to salute the resilience and courage of my inspirational friend.”She then added the hashtag #IStandWithAllisonBailey in solidarity with the barrister.   Bailey is a divisive figure within the LGBT+ community due to her stance on trans issues.The lawyer describes herself as a “lifelong campaigner for racial equality, lesbian, gay, and bisexual rights”.She is currently suing the LGBT+ charity Stonewall on the grounds of discrimination, claiming the organisation is “policing free speech via its Diversity Champions scheme”.Soon after Rowling had tweeted out the image, Riley, founder of Lesbian Visibility Week, appeared to be angered by its contents.In view of her 76,600 Twitter followers she penned: “Wow! I certainly did not create #LesbianVisibilityWeek so that people like @jk_rowling could use it as a vehicle to stir up more hate within our community.  “This is a perfect example of #HowNotToBeAnAlly.”She also added the hashtags #IStandWithStonewall and #LWithTheT, which indicates the lesbian community standing in solidarity with the transgender community. The comments section under Riley’s post seemed to be split on her response to Rowling’s

Piers Morgan has defended Harry Potter author JK Rowling, insisting "she'll survive" the attempts to cancel her following her remarks surrounding transgender issues and the definition of women.The former Life Stories host, 57, was speaking during the press launch of his new TalkTV show, Uncensored, when he insisted that like himself and his TalkTV colleague Sharon Osbourne, the Harry Potter author will survive being a victim of cancel culture.When asked to address the difference between holding someone to account and calling for them to be cancelled, the outspoken TV star was quick to clarify the two.Piers said: "You can hold people to vigorous account, you can be severely critical of people, I'm like that all the time."I write very critical columns of people."I don't call for them to be cancelled."I don't call for their lives to be ruined and then to be basically disintegrated in front of our very eyes," he added.Piers explained: "That is cancelled culture and it's getting worse and worse and worse, and people like Sharon and I will survive."JK Rowling, she'll survive the most appalling abuse and attempts to cancel her for having an opinion that she stands up for women's rights."It's appalling what happened to her, but we know where this line is," he said to Huffington Post and other publications.Earlier this this year, Piers put aside his feud with the author to defend the "cancelled" star amid the transgender row.Piers branded the treatment of the author "an absolute disgrace" amid the backlash she is facing for airing her views on the on sex and gender.He looked to the issue of the US transgender swimmer, Lia Thomas, who is set to become a world champion after having joined the women's team, as an example.The swimmer