NEWS: Holyfield Homophobic Remarks Attract 126 Complaints To Ofcom

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The UK’s broadcast and communications regulator Ofcom has received 126 complaints for the programme in which Evander Holyfield said gay people weren’t normal.

by Newsdesk | 8th January 2014

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On Sunday night viewers were shocked when former boxer Evander Holyfield said that being gay was not ‘normal’ and that it could be fixed during a conversation with Luisa Zissman.

Today Ofcom announced that it had received 126 complaints about the programme broadcast on Sunday the 5th January.

The 2013 Celebrity Big Brother Series received a total of 956 complaints, in 2012 the programme garnered over 2000.

It is unclear at this stage whether the broadcaster will be investigated by Ofcom.

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