Lily Allen is reflecting on an awful rape joke made about her years ago.
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Shaun Wright-Phillips has opened up on playing alongside Mario Balotelli and Carlos Tevez at Manchester City - with a clear difference between the two.
Balotelli is one of City's most memorable icons of their early successful era in the Premier League. The Italian was constantly caught in controversies; setting fireworks off in his bathroom, wearing an AC Milan top on live TV whilst playing for Inter Milan - the list goes on.
It's obvious that he was a livewire character, but his talents on the pitch massively helped City in their quest for a first Premier League title. Tevez, on the other hand, cut a divisive figure in Manchester.
Featuring as a key player for United as they won three Premier League titles in a row from 2007-2009, he caused a stir when he joined City under Mark Hughes - and his talents helped City to two trophies before departing for Juventus. Wright-Phillips was a teammate of both Balotelli and Tevez at the club.
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Speaking exclusively to Ladbrokes' Fanzone, Wright-Phillips said: "The player I get asked about the most is Mario Balotelli. People wanted to know what he was like off the pitch especially.
"He was quite a fiery character! With the talent he had, he should have done a lot better and I think he would tell you that himself. He could finish with both feet, take penalties with both feet, he was quick and strong. He was everything you wanted in a striker especially at that time. I just don’t think he ever got to grips with the way of life as a footballer. He just did what Mario wanted to do, rather than what the manager or team
Lily Allen is reflecting on an awful rape joke made about her years ago.
Lily Allen is calling out Russell Brand for a rape joke made at her expense between himself, Jimmy Carr, Noel Fielding and Jonathan Ross.
Lily Allen has criticised Russell Brand, Jimmy Carr and Jonathan Ross for making rape jokes about her while she was on the Channel 4 panel show The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year.The singer, who in recent years has pursed acting, said in a new interview that although she didn’t take offence at the time she now realises how “horrendous” they were.Her comments come in the wake of Brand being accused by multiple women of sexual assault and in some cases emotional abuse.Brand has denied the majority of the accusations levelled against him to date, however, he has not publicly responded to more recent ones including allegedly sexually assaulting an extra on the set of his 2010 film Arthur.A clip of the moment the rape jokes were made during a 2007 episode of the series went viral on X (formerly Twitter) after rape allegations surfaced against Brand in September.In the episode in question, Ross moved Allen, whom he calls “the only sexually attractive young lady” on the show, away from panellists Brand and Fielding, stating: “And then Lily may go home with her dress still on.”Fielding then replied: “How dare you – we’re not rapists.”Host Carr then quizzed Fielding about why he was wearing a cape “if [he] wasn’t a rapist” before Fielding pointed out that the cape he’s wearing is, in fact, a Jack the Ripper cape.Fielding said: “He wasn’t a rapist, he was a…”, before Brand interjected to say: “Serial murderer”.Brand continued: “There is no direct corollary between rapes and capes, it’s just a rhyme.”Allen has now spoken to Grazia UK about the incident.“[There was a clip] where I was on a chat show with Russell Brand and Noel Fielding and Jonathan Ross. And there are comments, I think, about me being raped or something.
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