Biggins’s bisexuality comments not in breach
n Comments made by Christopher Biggins about bisexuality,
which were transmitted on Celebrity Big Brother in August, were not
in breach of Ofcom’s rules. Having received 44 complaints about
the remarks, Ofcom decided to investigate, but found no breach of
the harm and offence provisions in the Ofcom Broadcasting Code.
Ofcom said: ‘We accepted that these remarks made in Celebrity Big
Brother were capable of causing offence, but they were likely to be
within the audience’s expectations of this programme.’ Biggins had
said: ‘The worst type though is, I’m afraid to say, the bisexuals…
what it is, is people not wanting to admit they are gay.’ He also
agreed with a fellow contestant who said, ‘You have to pick a team.’
Biggins was warned by Big Brother over the remarks, and later
removed from the Big Brother house over further allegedly offensive
remarks, which were not broadcast.
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