Harry Hill race row
He books 22 comics for a gig... and they’re all white
HARRY Hill is at the centre of a race row after organising a charity concert featuring 22 comics who are all white. Stand-up Lolly Adefope complained “Someone’s dreaming of a white Christmas” after Hill signed up stars including Matt Lucas, John Harry Bishop, Alan Carr and Jimmy Carr. Her tweet got 17,000 likes.
But Jason Manford jumped to Hill’s defence, saying the criticism was “harsh”. The funnyman, also including Omid Djalili. Hill’s publicist vowed to “address the issue” and added: “Harry asked a diverse range of TWEET Lolly comedians. The line-up in the line-up for the December gig reflects who could perform on the at the Bloomsbury Theatre in day. We apologise and welcome London to help those with Duchenne contact from any acts.” muscular dystrophy, said Hill had tried to book ethnic comedians