By Sammie Jones-
Shamed Danny Baker has apologised profusely for his racist tweet, claiming how “waves of panic and revulsion” washed over him when he realised the gravity of the royal baby chimpanzee picture he tweeted, which led to his sacking by the BBC.
His claim to have innocently published the post is rubbish because there is no way he did not know that the Prince Harry and Meghan had just had a baby. He would have to be living on cockoo land not to have known this. The DJ was fired by BBC Radio 5 Live for posting joke about the Duke and Duchess Of Sussex’s son featuring a picture of a chimpanzee.
Following a backlash and allegations of racism given the Duchess of Sussex mixed race heritage, 61 year old Baker immediately deleted the post and apologised. He was widely criticised on Thursday for attempting to make light of the situation. Today, Friday, the presenter posted a lengthy thread on Twitter detailing what he described as one of the worst day of his life.
How Baker can expect anybody to believe the tweet post was accidental is beyond belief. Britain is a multi-cultural country with most decent people respectful of individuals of all races. A small bunch of individuals in every society have racist tendencies, but most normal minded people know that all human beings are the same and bleed like everyone else.
In Baker’s apology, he admitted that the post was “racism at it’s basest”, but claimed it was a “genuine, naive and catastrophic mistake”.
FAKE EXPLANATION
“Following one of the worst days of my life I just want to formally apologise for the outrage I caused and explain how I got myself into this mess.
“I chose the wrong photo to illustrate a joke. Disastrously so.
“In attempting to lampoon privilege and the news cycle I went to a file of goofy pictures and saw the chimp dressed as a Lord and thought, ‘That’s the one!’
“Had I kept searching I might have chosen General Tom Thumb or even a baby in a crown. But I didn’t. God knows I wish had.
“Minutes later I was alerted by followers that this royal baby was of course mixed race and waves of panic and revulsion washed over me.
“F—, what had I done? I needed no lessons on the centuries slurs equating simians and people of colour. Racism at it’s basest.
“I am aware black people do not need a white man to tell them this. Deleting it immediately and apologising for the awful gaffe I even foolishly tried to make light of it. (My situation that is, not the racism involved.) Too late and here I am.
“I would like once and for all to apologise to every single person who, quite naturally, took the awful connection at face value. I understand that and all of the clamour and opprobrium I have faced since. I am not feeling sorry for myself. I f—-d up. Badly.
“But it was a genuine, naive and catastrophic mistake. …
“I am now paying the price for this crass and regrettable blunder, and rightly so. Probably even this final word from me will extend the mania. (‘Dog whistle’ anyone?) I would like to thank friends on here for their kinder words and once again – I am so, so sorry.”