FabSwingers.com forum: Danny Baker

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Genuine mistake/misunderstanding or egotistical, racist cockney wanker. What do you all think? Not a fan of royalty by any stretch of the imagination but to draw a comparison between a child of mixed race and a chimpanzee.....well it’s all a bit “Love The Neighbour” and Jim Davidson’s “Chalky” character isn’t it?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

he is a twat simple

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By *MCFUN5Couple
over a year ago

GLASGOW

Tosser. Step away from the dark ages ffs Baker

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

His radio show on radio 5 ain't much better

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By *oanne_MacTV/TS
over a year ago

Perth

Personally I dont think he meant any racial slur whatsoever..

I think it was more aimed at the royal family being a bit of a circus act. Or likely a dig at inbreeding...

For the record I think danny bakers an annoying no mark twat, but the racial allegations?........ Nup, no buying it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Nope not buying it was a mistake.

Nobody in there right mind would think that was ok to post.

And I'm not a royalist whatsoever.

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By *ortland51Man
over a year ago

Glasgow

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

To be honest who really cares

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"To be honest who really cares "

Onviously people who are posting about it

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By *r Costa xxMan
over a year ago

stirling

"To be honest who really cares

Onviously people who are posting about it

Not heard about it, but think he’s a Pratt anyway so figures that he’s coming out as a dick tbh

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By *oolsGoldxWoman
over a year ago

Glasgow

He’s too experienced at the game to not have realised the uproar it would have caused.

Bawbag anyway tbf so no big loss to anyone.

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By *unsexual MemelordWoman
over a year ago

Midlothian

"Nope not buying it was a mistake.

Nobody in there right mind would think that was ok to post.

And I'm not a royalist whatsoever."

Same. No way did this muppet (with a history of getting into bother with his bosses for inappropriate comments) not understand the undertones of what he posted. Also, I'm very much not a royalist and don't give a toss that there's a new baby, but to tweet anything insulting was unnecessary.

His firing is no loss; alas, he always seems to crawl his way back in.

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By *stonDBS2Man
over a year ago

Kirkcaldy

Sounded bad. By that I mean I often look up stuff that’s in the news, hearing about it on the radio was enough for me.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I am aware of Baker. He is actually a pretty good broadcaster but I totally get why people don't like him. I don't think he is a racist but the Tweet was totally bizarre. It didn't even make sense for what he claims it was, a critique of the Royal Family. I'm sure that he probably knew what he was doing in his head. But Twitter takes no prisoners.

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By *omaMan
over a year ago

Glasgow

"Genuine mistake/misunderstanding or egotistical, racist cockney wanker. What do you all think? Not a fan of royalty by any stretch of the imagination but to draw a comparison between a child of mixed race and a chimpanzee.....well it’s all a bit “Love The Neighbour” and Jim Davidson’s “Chalky” character isn’t it? "

Jim Davidson's "Chalky White" character was based on a real person, a guy who Jim grew up with. . . And Love Thy Neighbour was from a time when all this P C crap hadn't even been thought about,

Baker must have known that this would outrage, a failed publicity stunt for a failing celebrity career?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Oh guess what suddenly folk who didn’t know who he was now googling him and he’s suddenly mr in the news again, he knew exactly what he was saying, he will now have a new following and boost his popularity amongst the racists and bigots !

People like him will always exist unfortunately but like all bullies and narcs giving the time of day only encourages them more

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By *onkeymagic50Man
over a year ago

Near the harbour

I'm sorry but yes he was wrong to post an inflammatory photo but sacked .no way ,look at lord sugars tweet ,and more importantly I watched frankie Boyle on bbc2 last night where there was a reference to a dead jew being humours ,it seems on BBC you can make fun of a religion but not of a royal family ,I think the world has gone so snowflake you wont be able to call a lady a milf soon without some fucker getting offended

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

No idea if he intended this or not but just makes me glad I pay little attention to social media. So much scope for misinterpretation by audience or manipulation by posters. Truth and message gets lost and left behind.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I tend to agree with you. As I said previously I know that the guy isn't stupid. But he does this? As you say exposure, he'll be in the jungle next but I didn't think that was his bag

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By *tormin1875Man
over a year ago

Edinburgh

Egotistical, racist cockney wanker.

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By *eather47Woman
over a year ago

Glasgow

Racial abuse is racial abuse no matter in what form

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

He’s a lying, racist wanker

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Good to see that today he has accepted that his tweet was worthy of losing his job.

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By *ortland51Man
over a year ago

Glasgow

I personally don't think he's racist. Foolish for what he did, yes, but racist, no.

I'm not his biggest fan, but I can appreciate he's a very talented broadcaster who has had a good career. He won't be out of work for long.

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By *alcon43Woman
over a year ago

Paisley

Ok I do understand the reference of race and monkeys but in the 60’s and 70’s it was common to have chimps dressed up for entertainment. Typhoo Tea adverts used chimps for years. Does that mean we can’t say things like ‘Do you think i came up the Clyde in a banana boat?’ Just you need to watch Rising Damp, Love thy Neighbour and Alf Garnett for what we used to think was acceptable.

If the LGBT community can reclaim words and make them positive can we not reclaim the original innocence of a chimp in a suit?

People seem to be overly sensitive at times.

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By *ndykayMan
over a year ago

Falkirk

As someone who has actually met and spent time with the guy, he isn’t racist at all.

However, that being said, this tweet was extremely stupid and not funny. I kinda get what he was trying to get at but it was an epic fail. He was simply trying to satirize a situation and it went badly wrong. He freely admits he doesn’t always ‘get’ stuff on the internet as he was always a pen and paper writer and broadcaster.

For the Met to investigate IMO is ridiculously stupid and a total waste of resources and money. Those officers could be finding knifing suspects and murderers instead. I doubt it’s a job any of them wanted but I suspect it was foisted upon them by a superior so that the Met can’t be called racist for not investigating.

Just for the record, I don’t think it’s acceptable in any shape or form to use or imply any racist terms towards anyone of any race, creed or colour. It happens to me here in Scotland because I’m English but I don’t go running to the police because it’s a small minority and I choose to ignore these people as they don’t affect my real life. In the same way that I shouldn’t think a tweet by a 60something guy will have affected either Harry, Meghan or the baby.

Just my two penneth

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Jim Davidson's "Chalky White" character was based on a real person

That sentence just hit my Racism alarm to 10. Defending Jim Davidson, good luck with your rep. In life.

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