Bravo that woman.
Entertainer Jane McDonald has been praised by fans who went to watch her Christmas show for changing the problematic lyric of ‘Fairytale of New York’.
Calls for the lyric “You scumbag, you maggot, you cheap lousy f*ggot”, to be removed or edited out have run for years.
Many find the line to be anti-LGBT and some have used the lyric to be brazenly homophobic in public.
However, gay icon, Jane McDonald found a genius way to sing the song and not alienate her fan base by simply swapping the word “f*ggot” with “wazzuk”.
Gaydio presenter, Matt Crab took to Twitter to thank the chart-topper for swapping the word, calling her a true ally to the LGBT community.
Number 1 Christmas Song
The Pogues’ “Fairytale of New York” has been crowned the best Christmas song of all time.
However, the song crowned number one contains a homophobic slur. Every year a debate rages about whether the song should have the word “f*ggot” bleeped or silenced when it is broadcast publicly.
The song beat out Mariah’s ‘All I Want For Christmas’ and WHAM!’s ‘Last Christmas’, it also managed to top Band Aid’s “Do They Know It’s Christmas“, which took the fourth spot.
In 2007, BBC’s Radio 1 in the UK, censored the offending word, but soon reinstated it after a public backlash.
I’m gay and I so dont find it offensive
It’s reasons like this that @TheJaneMcDonald is an icon!
Personally I find the word ‘queer’ much more offensive than ‘faggot’. Wish this debate didnt come up every year.
Bunch of snowflakes queens its the best line in the song.. someone people just need a good hard bitc* slap round the face
I’m gay and hear a lot worse than faggot. It’s a word in a Song and it’s not directed at any one person. Whilst it’s great people’s attitudes toward gender and race is changing for the better it’s getting to the stage were people will be too scared to say anything about anyone for fear of insulting them
FFS why do these snowflakes insist on re-writing history and anything THEY find offensive, I find lots of things offensive but that’s life if you don’t like it don’t listen to it
Outraged FFS
It’s contextual, she calls him a faggot but he calls her an old slut on junk.