David Tennant has been embroiled in a war of words with U.K. Equalities Minister Kemi Badenoch just days after he was honored at the British LGBT Awards.
Tennant, who picked up the Celebrity Ally award at the ceremony, gave an acceptance speech in which he said how important Pride was to his family, saying “we have skin in the game.” During his speech he also mentioned the U.K. Minister for Women and Equalities, Kemi Badenoch, who has said she would exclude trans women from single sex spaces.
“I suppose if I’m honest I’m a little depressed by the fact that acknowledging that everyone has the right to be who they want to be and live their life how they want to live it as long as they’re not hurting anyone else should merit any kind of special or award or special mention because it’s common sense, isn’t it?” Tennant said in his speech. “It’s human decency. We shouldn’t live in a world where that is worth remarking on. However until we wake up and Kemi Badenoch doesn’t exist anymore — I don’t wish ill of her, I just wish her to shut up — whilst we do live in this world I am honoured to receive this.”
After the video went viral on X, formerly known as Twitter, Badenoch responded on the platform, saying: “A rich, lefty, white male celebrity so blinded by ideology he can’t see the optics of attacking the only Black woman in government by calling publicly for my existence to end. Tennant is one of Labour’s celebrity supporters. This is an early example of what life will be like if they win….Do not let the bigots and bullies win”
Do not let the bigots and bullies win
Said one of the worst bigots and bullies in a party largely made up of some pretty terrible people.
love how she’s about to be irrelevant in politics after accomplishing nothing
When you think about it that’s true of a lot of them. They make a huge amount of noise it is to be sure but they don’t really achieve anything.
Look at Jacob Reese Mogg, he seems pretty relevant, important within the party, and influential in politics in general, yet he’s done bugger all. His entire career in politics essentially was him just appearing on television and being a twat, and backing whatever brain dead policy the conservatives have come up with on that particular day. All he achieved was to make everyone hate him. The exact opposite of what a PR representative is supposed to do.
I can’t imagine a faster way to turn the public against you than to take a potshot at David Tennant lol.
Everyone’s favorite Doctor.
Even though most people like other Doctors more.
Makes me laugh that she thinks calling Tennant Rich is an insult when Sunnak is literally richer than the King
To be honest I have seen Tennant act like an rich, arrogant, entitled prick, but Shakespeare wrote the part that way for a reason.
Not only is she a bigot and bully in her own right, she also can’t read or understand spoken English.
I can’t read spoken English.
Can you spoke readen English, though?
occasionwhile
Just turn on subtitles
Imagine being minister for equality in the conservative party.
That’s an oxymoron if I’ve already heard one. Although perhaps her job is simply to increase the inequality since that lines with conservative views.
As of 2022, Kemi Badenoch is believed to have an estimated net worth of $3 million.
I don’t think she’s worth even one millionth of that.
Well she might have a bank account of 3 million but she’s got a worth value of about 45p, and it’s only that high because the CO² she gives out keeps some plants alive.
