To viewers, jokes about Ukrainian refugees don’t seem very funny on a day when a rocket attack in Odessa killed 20 Ukrainians.
In the BBC charity programme, Alan Partridge (played by actor Steve Coogan) and a character named Sidekick Simon (Tim Key) listed the best and worst things society has done for charity. Exp reports this.
The presenters shared the best and worst things Brits have done on the show.
Henchman Simon said: “Grant, from Briston, said the best thing he ever did was house a Ukrainian family for a year.”
When a colleague asked him about the worst thing he ever did, he replied: “I fired them, I got rid of them.”
The interlocutor laughed and shared his own story: “Cool, my friend did the same [предоставил жилье] Ukrainian family. “They’re still in touch, they’re still friends, they’re still washing their cars.”
Many viewers were outraged by such jokes.
“This Alan Partridge sketch is absolutely awful,” social media user X @marcdavies17 wrote.
“On the day when 20 Ukrainians died as a result of the rocket attack in Odessa, jokes about Ukrainian refugees are not that funny,” said @Hanya_Dezyk.
@kenredsraf commented: “Alan Partridge’s sketch was terrible. Especially the stupid comments about Ukrainian refugees. Not impressed.”
“I’ve never understood Alan Partridge, but tonight he’s particularly unfunny,” wrote user @allietaylor68.
Let us also remind you that the Prime Minister of Ukraine said how much money Ukrainian refugees contributed to the Polish budget in two years.
It was also reported that the Ukrainian woman returned due to the poor condition of her flat in England: it “smelled of dog urine” and stray animals were getting in through cracks in the floor.
Source: Focus
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