I listened to the show when it was broadcast and the comments made were rude and almost intimidating. I couldn't quite tell whether there were undertones of misogyny or whether it was just two daft men being juvenile. Andrew Sachs certainly didn't deserve to receive those messages, he seems to be a very sweet old man and I would be disgusted if someone left similar messages on the answer phone of my granddad. HOWEVER; the media attention has been ridiculously blown out of proportion. Most people seem to be harping on about Ross' massive salary, it smacks of envy. This is typical of the British press, for some reason the press love to knock our best stars down. While I agree that Mr Sachs should have been left alone it seems his daughter has been courting this attention to the max! She is the one who sold her story and she's in an extreme burlesque act called satanic sluts! She is hardly an innocent in all this. Also, on our version of big brother this year one of the male housemates viciously branded a young girl an "ugly slut", asked her to get her boobs out and bullied her until she wept. This was a much more obvious example of sexism in action but almost nothing was done. BTW Perez, Jonathan Ross is a national treasure! Friday night with Jonathan Ross is a huge deal in the UK. Although he was very much in the wrong I hope we don't lose him from our screens for good!
HOWEVER; the media attention has been ridiculously blown out of proportion. Most people seem to be harping on about Ross' massive salary, it smacks of envy. This is typical of the British press, for some reason the press love to knock our best stars down.
While I agree that Mr Sachs should have been left alone it seems his daughter has been courting this attention to the max! She is the one who sold her story and she's in an extreme burlesque act called satanic sluts! She is hardly an innocent in all this.
Also, on our version of big brother this year one of the male housemates viciously branded a young girl an "ugly slut", asked her to get her boobs out and bullied her until she wept. This was a much more obvious example of sexism in action but almost nothing was done.
BTW Perez, Jonathan Ross is a national treasure! Friday night with Jonathan Ross is a huge deal in the UK. Although he was very much in the wrong I hope we don't lose him from our screens for good!