Capital Radio DJ Ant Payne apologises after huge backlash over Turkey joke

There was chaos on BBC's Saturday Kitchen as guest chef Poppy O'Toole repeatedly said a naughty word live on-air.The TikTok personality was on the show to whip up a dish for Britain's Got Talent judge Alesha Dixon, alongside show host Matt Tebbutt. Poppy, who has an impressive four million TikTok followers, was talking about how she amassed so many fans, and as she tried to say that it came "on a whim" she kept saying "q**m," a rude word for women's genitalia. As they cooked, show host Matt questioned Poppy about how she made it big on the social media platform.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Idris Elba ignited a firestorm on social media in February after he told Esquire UK that he stopped calling himself a “Black actor” because it created limitations for his career. The “Luther” actor was immediately accused of renouncing his Blackness, although actors such as John Boyega came to his defense and argued that critics weren’t paying attention to his message about damning Hollywood stereotyping. “I feel as I get older – I’m 50 now – we all have fears of saying too much, oversharing and whatno,” Elba now told The Guardian in a new interview. “And in this day and age, it’s really difficult to have an opinion if you’re in the public eye because it gets overly scrutinized, taken out of context, thrown into some sort of bullshit, zeitgeisty social media argument.”

Former The Only Was Is Essex star Sam Faiers has hit back after facing backlash over her first class flight moan that saw fans brand her as "tone deaf." Posting a photo of her first class flight home, Sam, 32, wrote, and then deleted a caption, which read: "The truth is going on holiday with small children is tough, especially with a crawling, teething baby..." Sam then thanked the "accommodating and kind" Etihad Airways staff who she said had helped her when she felt "self-conscious" about flying with a baby and her two other young children, Paul Jr. and Rosie.The comment section quickly filled with people branding Sam as "tone deaf" and "out of touch." Opening up about the backlash on The Sam & Billie Show, the podcast she co-hosts with her older sister Billie Shepherd, Sam hit back at her critics, adding that she feels as though she "can't win".

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Woody Harrelson's fifth time as host on isn't being met with a lot of warmth. Many viewers are slamming the actor for his monologue that they felt spread COVID-19 vaccine conspiracy theories.Fans took to Twitter following Saturday's new episode to call out Harrelson, and e, for his remarks — in which he seemingly compared pharmaceutical companies to drug cartels.In his monologue, Harrelson told a long, intentionally rambling story about how, after he last hosted in September 2019, he was given a script to read over.The bulk of Harrelson's story seemed to revolve around how high he likes to get, but also how he quit smoking pot for a while, and how his manager smuggled pot illegally from Los Angeles to New York.

remove language deemed offensive from the late British author’s children’s novels with the goal of making the stories suitable for modern readers generated widespread backlash last week.The company said that in addition to the revised editions, 17 of Dahl’s books will be published in their original form later this year as “The Roald Dahl Classic Collection,” The Associated Press reported, citing the company stating that “readers will be free to choose which version of Dahl’s stories they prefer.”Penguin Random House did not immediately respond to a request for additional comment.The company’s Puffin children’s label altered passages in Dahl’s books relating to weight, mental health, gender and race to make the titles more palatable to today’s sensibilities. The move is not uncommon with older books, but the number of edits and books involved drew criticism.In addition to the changed description of the gluttonous Gloop in the 1964 novel later made into movies starring Gene Wilder and Johnny Depp, The Roald Dahl Story Company, which controls the rights to the books, said it worked with Penguin’s Puffin children’s label to revise books like “Fantastic Mr.

The Princess of Wales has tried her hand at making pancakes during a visit to a care home - but was forced to apologise after it went horribly wrong. Kate visited the Oxford House Nursing Home in Slough today, where she learned about how it is caring for its elderly residents.

Don Lemon will return to CNN This Morning on Wednesday following the backlash over comments he made last week about when women were in their “prime.”

Pink is setting the record straight after she criticized the 2001 music video for her collaboration with Christina Aguilera on “Lady Marmalade.”

Pink is setting the record straight after she criticized the 2001 music video for her collaboration with Christina Aguilera on «Lady Marmalade.» During an interview with, Pink ranked the music video in last place on a list of 12 of her «most iconic music videos.» «It wasn't very fun to make. I'm all about fun and it was like, a lot of fuss, and there were some personalities,» she told the outlet. Pink added, «Lil Kim and Mýa were nice,» of the other «Lady Marmalade» collaborators.  Her remarks quickly went viral, with many online commentators saying Pink was «shading» Aguilera. Over the weekend, Pink took to Twitter to shut down rumors once and for all.

Kerry Katona has revealed Molly-Mae Hague has thanked her for apologising following her comments over her newborn daughter's name. Kerry, 42, previously branding the name Bambi as "ridiculous", but later admitted: "I thought I was being funny but I wasn't, so I hold my hands up and I just want to apologise massively." And now in her exclusive column, the star tells us Molly, 23, has accepted her apology. Sign up - for free - to see what she has to say.

Home to lush rainforests, vast stretches of white sands and fabulous Creole cuisine, Saint Lucia deserves its reputation as one of the most dazzling jewels in the Caribbean crown. In the north, the island’s capital, Castries, is cradled by emerald hillsides sprinkled with pops of ice-cream coloured houses.

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A Capital FM presenter has apologised after making an "insensitive and ill-timed" joke about the earthquake in Turkey.

Rebel Wilson says she has gotten mom-shamed.

Olivia Wilde is a new fan of ASAP Rocky — but doesn’t want Rihanna to worry about her coming for her man.

Olivia Wilde is responding after facing backlash for calling A$AP Rocky “hot” during Rihanna‘s Super Bowl LVII halftime performance Sunday. Wilde took to her Instagram Stories in to share a since-deleted snap, in which she shared her adoration for the rapper.

Capital Radio DJ Ant Payne has apologised for making an “insensitive and ill-timed” joke on air about earthquake-hit Turkey.The presenter, who hosts the 4pm to 7pm slot on the station, said during his show on Monday that “now is actually the best time” to start looking for “cheap flights” to the country. Payne faced criticism from some on social media, with Liberal Democrat councillor Suzanne Nuri-Nixon urging him to “read the room”. On Tuesday morning, he tweeted: “Hi guys, I want to address the comment I made last night on the show.