Funny: Ben Elton on Brits

Subject: Funny: Ben Elton on Brits Thu Nov 19, 2009 1:39 am

Ben Elton has been forced to apologise for his royal rant on Good News Week which enraged Brits this week.

The comedian and writer's opinions on the monarchy, British sporting prowess and more have disgusted the British and led to several newspapers - including the Daily Mail, The Telegraph and The Sun - running outraged stories about his comments on the comedy show.

"He was making a joke about Australian republicanism, pointing out on a comedy show that the Queen and her family were far more reflective of the modern rainbow population they represented than any other," the spokesman said.

Displaying his vitriolic wit and sarcasm on the comedy show, Elton made a series of comments regarding the UK, calling the Queen "a sad little old lady", Prince Philip a "mad old bigot", joking about sex with Margaret Thatcher and saying Prince Charles was just a "disillusioned ex-hippy".

He said London had scored the 2012 Olympics in order to give Britons some chance at sporting success and because the rest of the world felt sorry for the British when it came to athletic prowess, and launched a royal rant against the Queen calling her "a sad little old lady who lives in state sponsored accommodation".

On sex with Thatcher he said: "She sort of annoyed me because she would always want to smoke afterwards and I hated that because that was so dirty".

Elton, born in Sussex, England, has divided his time between Fremantle and London for years, but is now planning to base himself in Western Australia. The writer and comedian has dual British and Australian citizenship and is married to Fremantle-based jazz saxophonist Sophie Gare.

The British press this week published stories outraged by the opinions the comedic writer displayed on the show on Monday night, with many readers also expressing their disgust.

"The Aussies are welcome to this loud mouthed self opinionated man," wrote Col P of Ware, England on the Daily Mail website.

"Elton has left the building (er U.K) - and don't come back - never liked him anyway, talentless, unfunny etc" wrote SOS.

"Good riddens (sic) to this new POM with his Sheila down-under . . . they've got real nasty reptiles there Ben!" commented P. Owen from Llandudno, UK.

"With an attitude like his North Korea would have been a more appropriate move. My sincere sympathies to the Australian readers," wrote Phil from Canada.

Elton's latest book, Meltdown, is a humorous look at the global financial crisis.

Elton and Gare are expected to move back to Fremantle next month so they can spend more time with the Australian half of their family.

LNK

Funny: Ben Elton on Brits

Funny: Ben Elton on Brits

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