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Church Minister Allan Finnegan’s jokes on “Britain’s Got Talent” missed the mark.
During Saturday’s semi-finals, Finnegan received backlash for joking about death in the middle of a pandemic.
“Just before Christmas my only uncle passed away, God rest his soul and well… I had him in the Secret Santa so every cloud, saved me 20 quid that did,” he quipped.
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He also joked about forgetting the deceased’s name during a funeral.
“‘I forgot to put the deceased’s name down on my notes, I think it’s Hilda but I can’t be sure, the next minute it feels like a game of ‘Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?’,” Finnegan said.
“I’d have loved to have gone 50/50 or phone a friend – I am just glad it wasn’t ‘Deal Or No Deal’, I wasn’t going to open that box for no offer.”
The judges were on the fence with Ashley Banjo saying, “You had some good moments, but halfway through it lost me, I don’t think it landed and hit as much as you wanted it to.”
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Twitter was not impressed, slamming producers for allowing such jokes as the world suffers from mass COVID-19 deaths.
did anyone else think the vicar on #bgt should not of been telling jokes about death during a pandemic or is it just me being fussy
— nicola (@vintagecpk) September 12, 2020
Don't think making jokes about death and funerals is funny tbh. Liked him before these jokes. #bgt #BritainsGotTalent
— Amy Joanne. (@AmyJoanne__) September 12, 2020
Bad on @BGT making fun of death, from a vicar as well
— Gary Bannister (@hamlett44) September 12, 2020
Joking about death…during a pandemic! Tasteless! Puerile! Crap! #BGT
— Annoyed! (@REBELTROOP) September 12, 2020
Insensitive content in the current climate. Who thought death and cremation was a good entertainment for “family” saturday night tv in the middle of a pandemic?!
— Nicola (@NicolaMarie1979) September 12, 2020
September 13, 2020 at 07:50AM
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