Craig David on Bo Selecta and Bullying | Hay Festival 2023

[@Jaysusitsme]

Craig was that upset about it, he appeared on season two. I call Bo!

[@seanadamson280]

Indeed

[@speedbird2166]

This interview was PROPER BO I TELL THEE 😂

[@A_V_I_D_F_A_N]

Brilliant 👍

[@Mr_DATA828]

"Can I get a Reeeee wind!"

[@stebul7996]

Aww brilliant 😂

[@stebul7996]

....I think I've pssd me Sen!!😂😂

[@joeblogs-vx4ep]

😂😂👍

[@kurtz2ld907]

He is utterly humourless… lighten up mate… it was proper Bo!

[@Astrophobia88]

A tell thee

[@oxsila]

There's not a single person made as a bo selecta character who got hit harder than David though. Bo Selecta took such a massive dump on David's reputation and career. If anyone's allowed to be upset it's David lol

[@LordFlashheart1]

the joke wore thin, must have been exhausting for him

[@marchveris]

To me, it crossed the line when Craig David was being harassed by it. It took him a long time for him to recover from it.

[@shaunfarrington7361]

@@LordFlashheart1aww poor baby. Just one more thing “CRAAAAAAAAAAAAIG DAVID”😂

[@ChimpRiot]

The fact he’s so bothered about it just makes the character more funny.

[@wass006]

Obviously he's bothered it really affected him

[@everything777]

That's what bully's generally think I guess

[@ChimpRiot]

@@everything777 It’s more akin to getting your first job with a load of guys, and then you’re going to have banter and brutal nicknames. If you can’t handle it and can’t dish some back, then people aren’t going to like you much or respect you. It’s a social test and Craig David really failed when he took himself too seriously.

[@everything777]

@@ChimpRiot I hear ya. I just think if someone can't handle the piss being taken out of them, then the decent thing to do is leave them be (you don't have to respect or like them). What happened to Craig David clearly messed him up and that's a shame.

[@ChimpRiot]

@@everything777 Well I hear you as well. He should definitely be left alone in his personal life and on the street. I imagine getting heckled with Bo Selecta quotes when you’re buying groceries or hanging with family would affect you after all this time. It’s a bit different when you’re a public persona and people are reacting to you with other content.

[@eldouchy1]

Mel B gave no fucks about it, Craig David cried and pissed his pants in the show and real life.

[@jamesjarrett52]

Ya basterd ye!

[@sparkly21]

It’s funnier if you think about the fact that Mel B is way more famous worldwide compared to Craig David

[@493HZ]

I pissed mesen

[@friendlyenemy2314]

@@sparkly21I like Craig but he’s really making a fuss over nothing, Mel even said she found it hilarious

[@Lazlo-os1pu]

All you lot telling someone how to react to public mockery when no one knows who the fuck any of you are from Adam. Easier said than done.

[@snapsnappist4529]

Christ almighty, 20 years later and he's *still* going on about this.

[@dan32113]

He can do a Tour with David Baddiel. Did you know Dave was Jewish he rarely mentions it! Singing & book tour 🔥

[@joedent3323]

What a ponce, eh?

[@joejo4549]

I legit don't know him other than bo and assume most people under thirty don't either

[@wass006]

It shattered his career

[@rebex7907]

I honestly wouldn’t remember him if it wasn’t for Bo Selecta. He only had a couple of songs that did well to my memory. You have to be able to laugh at yourself. It was funny because it was so ridiculous, he isn’t even from Yorkshire. Different time we are in now though.

[@ehnowthen]

It wasn't racist nor bullying. It was similar to spitting image, no one claims that that ruined Thatcher's career!

[@brocq18]

It ruined his career because the target audience were the same group as CDs

[@bwilliamson3887]

She's a politician. that's fair. What did he do to.anyone?

[@ReinhartSchneider]

Even if it was racist, it's not a big deal.

[@ReinhartSchneider]

​@@bwilliamson3887 He was an easily ridiculed cheeseball who filled the airwaves with lowest common denominator slop for the ears devoid of even the slightest sincerity or ingenuity. Why are you here running damage control for some wealthy public figure, celebrity and entertainment industry clown who has more money than you'll ever see in several lifetimes, who only ever produced garbage? The guy is clearly a blockhead but besides that, ribbing people as Leigh Francis did to Craig on his show is something harmless that you do from a comedic place, lightheartedly, to make people laugh, which he did. Grow a thicker skin.

[@ReinhartSchneider]

@@bwilliamson3887 He was an easily ridiculed cheeseball who filled the airwaves with lowest common denominator slop for the ears devoid of even the slightest sincerity or ingenuity. Why are you here running damage control for some wealthy public figure, celebrity and entertainment industry person who has more money than you'll ever see in several lifetimes, who only ever produced rubbish? The guy is clearly a blockhead but besides that, ribbing people as Leigh Francis did to Craig on his show is something harmless that you do from a comedic place, lightheartedly, to make people laugh, which he did. Grow a thicker skin.

[@JackDaniel1109]

Fella next to him is dying to shout craaaaaaiiig daaaaavvvvid

[@spana123321]

7 days😂😂😂

[@greypilgrim228]

@@spana123321 Check it ouuuut!! Come on our Kes.

[@free1916]

Brilliant mate

[@anandmorris]

🤣🤣🤣 inagine if he brought out a special guest onstage, and it was Kes.

[@sctmcg]

CAN I GET A REEEEEWIND

[@ChubbyChecker182]

It was funny cos Real Craig David was this "super cool / overly smooth" fella but Bo Selexta Craig David was a Yorkshire man with a pet kestrel

[@simonshields2525]

Who pissed himself on a regular basis😂

[@RobinJames8282]

Unless he was connected.

[@Junkhead91]

It’s kind of annoying that this needed to be explained

[@stephenmurray2851]

​@@simonshields2525didn't he wear a colostomy bag? 😂

[@RobinJames8282]

@stephenmurray2851 yeah and Kes soaked the sheets watching a dirty film 😆😆😆 How the real Craaaig Daaaavid took any of this personally baffles me.

[@sabianroberts]

If you were so buggered about it Craig, then why did you agree to appear IN the show?

[@DackJaniels51111]

100% said it for years.

[@PrincessPikka]

He appeared more than once..

[@RobinJames8282]

He's not buggered about it. But he needs to bring it up so he has something "controversial" in interviews otherwise he'd have nothing to talk about. His PR team use his Bo! Selecta image as something to use in interviews etc. If he was an awesome musician/singer/songwriter, he wouldn't be talking about it but he NEEDS to talk about it

[@sp_948]

Because it’s so cool and trendy to be a victim now

[@brocq18]

He agreed so that LF would stop using the character

[@Boppa1260]

Proper bell end a tell thee.

[@SteveTucker-u2q]

Has he brought out a boooook

[@seanadamson280]

Yes

[@RefinedRouge]

Cheer up Craig, you managed to brek Majorca

[@Timmertube75]

Although he did look like Willy Wanker at the time.

[@RommyTobinsonz]

​@@Timmertube75🌚

[@RobinJames8282]

And he got his Puffin swimming badge 😂

[@bwilliamson3887]

And USA

[@DAVIDE-bk8by]

Bo Selecta was comedy gold......Craaaaaaig Daaaaavid. Come on, anyone who sings their own name in a song is setting themselves up

[@itsnothinglong1]

If he found it offensive he has a right to feel that way

[@wass006]

Ofcourse it was offensive

[@sneedchuckington]

​@@itsnothinglong1"he has a right to feel that way" and? Why do his feelings matter? +

[@itsnothinglong1]

@@sneedchuckington why would he not! The joke was offensive and in the end he actually did try to say sorry so clearly he knows he done wrong

[@moisturisedgnome1181]

@itsnothinglong1 why was it offensive? It looked nothing like him apart from the headphones! And he doesnt have pet Kestrel or Yorkshire accent ffs. Its surrealist if anything. The bloke just has a fragile ego

[@mynameismark25]

it wasn't even an impression of him. He was playing Billy from Kes. He had a fucking kestrel!

[@rossparkhead4871]

There was also absolutely nothing racist about this portrayal of Craig David. It was a surreal parody of celebrity culture. Craig David is definitely not from the north of England and doesn't have a kestrel. However, I would say the parody of Trisha crossed the line. Anyway, he was picked on by Leigh Francis because he was a successful celebrity, like all the other celebrities mocked by shows like Dead Ringers, Star Stories, Alistair McGowan, 2DTV etc etc. He should really take it as more of a compliment. As for being bullied. This is not bullying at all. I assume if CD is so fixated on this, he hasn't really experienced real bullying.

[@TheRetroManRandySavage]

​@Immortal__ Kestrel lives matter.✊

[@hickster222]

Can I get a rewind?

[@michaelb2388]

👍

[@kailashpatel1706]

The Trisha line was crossing the line, everything else you say spot on..

[@highestsettings]

Trisha was one of the funniest characters. For the same reasons you mentioned for Craig David. That it was just nothing like her at all and was surreal and silly. Is it because he used a Jamaican patois for the character? If he made her Scottish it would have been fine I'm guessing. Ridiculous. It was funny then, and it's even funnier now that all semblance of humour has been sucked out of everything. How come Michael Jackson didn't cross the line too? He used a stereotypical black American accent for MJ. At least be consistent.

[@1ChxnceLxnce]

Thing is I liked Craig David & Bo Selecta a lot. Neither made me like the other less, if anything more.

[@ExplorewithSarahlouise]

I liked neither and also never made a difference

[@rossparkhead4871]

Poor guy was forced to move to Miami. Damn, that must have been so horrible for him. I might understand if he had been forced to move to Newark.

[@apocalypticdaze2139]

Eyyyy I moved to Newark... Needed more space for kestrels.. Proper bo

[@JJPwfelli]

Miami was too hot for Kes. That was the problem and why he had to come back to the UK.

[@dixie8329]

I clicked the comments expecting loads of modern dribble… so glad there’s still a sense of humour 😅

[@moonbeam54321]

Can't imagine it would be funny for you if you were made into a joke all your life, probably quite different when you're going through it right

[@dixie8329]

@@moonbeam54321 fair point ✌️

[@moonbeam54321]

@@dixie8329 haha cheers, have a good day 🤙

[@corsinivideos]

Thing is he took it way way too seriously. No one was realistically a huge fan of Leigh Francis and a load of other celebrities also got ridiculed on the series too and didn't perceive its impact in the same way . When the show ran it's course and got decommissioned, no one really cared after it went away as viewing numbers had dropped and it had run its course and people moved on from it. He was overly concerned about it when in reality I don't actually think it had any effect on his record sales or music career because people still liked his music. What had happened is he had just made some poor choices in terms of the songs and albums he was making, and the producers he worked with and had not had the same success as he earlier music which meant he had become less popular musically, and he was wrongly attributing it in some way to bo selecta.

[@MorbidLyre]

Without Bo Selecta this guy wouldn't even be on this stage talking. The show kept him in the publics consciousness, kept him relevant - don't bite the hand mate!

[@wass006]

This guy was massive in early 2000, he was biggest musician for a few years. Justin Bieber was a huge fan of his

[@JamesCM86]

Nonsense. Where is that ‘comedian’ now?

[@bb-3653]

I think you underestimate how long his music still played on for with the TV and radio

[@chumpey]

@@JamesCM86Keith Lemon 🤷‍♂️

[@Infiniti25]

@@wass006I always wanted Craig David and Damage to do a song or two together…never gonna be.

[@edm2189]

I know he likes a REEEWIND, but this was 20 years ago Craig

[@RobinJames8282]

Let's be honest, what else has he got to talk about? His recent huge hits? Nope. He's gunna keep flogging the dead horse

[@stevesonyoutube]

Am I imaging this... didn't he appear in an episode??

[@RobinJames8282]

London, Brixton I think it was. Leigh Francis was doing his "Craig David" onstage during his concert.

[@RobinJames8282]

Scratch that. If you watch the end of this video, he talks about it. It was at the Royal Albert Hall.

[@Jaysusitsme]

Yeah he did, CD played Craig Davis, a tribute act to CD.

[@nooshoff]

Yes, he tried to engage but people kept on hassling him. It was sad, I’m from Southampton and he was a really nice kid. Really polite and friendly, well known and liked for just being a really nice guy. Glad he’s doing well.

[@franklingoodwin]

Yes. He was Craig Davis

[@rsf886]

He should have walked away from the troubles in his life.

[@escfxp]

Wooahwooahaaahaa

[@sapphirelatina]

💀💀

[@stephenmurray2851]

Boom boom 😂

[@bossmanfucktheworld]

Excellent.

[@revy1063]

Lmao, his face is slowly turning into the mask 😂

[@judyboyce334]

😂😂😂 I was thinking the same thing

[@onenation8707]

😂😂 Craaaig Daavid!

[@markjamil3120]

Oh my days I was just going to say the same thing 😂

[@lisapearson5324]

😂😂😂 W

[@hudson7354]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@TheTonytiger89]

Put it back in the deck Craig there is nothing racist about his skits 😂

[@spartan2451]

Oh Bollocks to ye come on kess😂😂

[@dan32113]

Craig David a poundshop Smokey Robinson.

[@ismaeladen2582]

Very racist indeed…..the big lips, the black face etc…..very racist. But of course you’re white and don’t think anything is racist.

[@nooshoff]

The show was pretty offensive. Hasn’t aged well. Sad to do many people dismiss what he’s saying. I think the UK still has a long way to go.

[@samscally1356]

​@@nooshoffAway and play with the traffic, snowflake ❄️

[@FkJTurds7865]

Bo selecta made him more famous and will be his legacy

[@dan32113]

& here's yer best bits Craig. Straight to clips of Bo Selecta. At induction of Rock n Roll Hall of fame..

[@andyscott6315]

Yes

[@SS-km4pp]

No it will not, that racist show is dead and gone

[@ekspatriat]

@@SS-km4pp It's all over YT and is funny as F. Glad it affects you Wokey.

[@SS-km4pp]

@@ekspatriat 🤣🤣 if you say so LOSER

[@goodall1bay]

Can i get a rewind

[@spana123321]

Can I get bo?😂😂😂

[@stephenmurray2851]

​@@spana123321when I say bo you say selecta 😂😂

[@superspecky4eyes]

🤣

[@Revelian1982]

Bo!

[@WanderingEnglishman]

Proper bo

[@Mr_DATA828]

He put a black rubber mask on, yeah thats cause your black the same as if he was doing Elton John he would put a white rubber mask on. Not sure what his point it

[@SteveTucker-u2q]

It wad well far from black, I go darker than the mask in the summer ffs

[@Revelian1982]

Victim, victim, victim!

[@transcendance5358]

He really has no depth. Nobody actually thought Christina Aguilera was a scouser.

[@Beelzebunge]

WHAT!?

[@pjsmith2744]

Who loved lads joysticks!

[@franklingoodwin]

She was "diiiiirty" though

[@dendrinnomad5934]

Wheres his bird i thought he never left the house without it ?

[@RubUOutC]

R Kes is back ‘ome with a dirty mag

[@erkkadzai8226]

Kez likes his tea milky

[@WeeShooey]

Doesn’t he understand parody. During the Spitting Immage period, celebrities craved to be included, and saw it for what it was. What a big girls blouse this guy is. 🙄

[@daviddimbleby6725]

He's got craaazy paaaaaving front n back , nothing to complain about , bo selecta rewind 7 daaaaaays

[@spana123321]

Watched that that one tonight, reet cracked me up I tell thee. Can I get a reewind 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@escfxp]

I think he got traumatised by kes the bird.

[@ChristianChim]

COME ON KES Y' LITTLE BASTARD SAY SOMETHIN OR I'LL GET RID OF YE, BUY MESELF A LEOPARD

[@franklingoodwin]

Not the piss bag? 😂

[@Lgyad5768]

What a big baby. Bo selecta was gold and let's not forget Craig himself appeared on the show. He only gets upset about it when his career is slipping for some publicity.

[@bb-3653]

What? Naturally alot of singer dwindle over time. Either life or other interests or maybe the industry don't really make their style of music etc. That being said , celebrities go through alot likely when the sort of shows that persisted in the uk make fun of them. Like the jokes were insane. Little britton is another example of madness. Funny but when you look back its crazy the sort of things some of these people say actually are.

[@bwilliamson3887]

It was shit.

[@bobbobertbobberton1073]

Its not bullying. The Characters on Bo Selecta were nothing like the actual people, that's what made it funny.

[@leesha0707]

Exactly

[@Henrychamber-r8w]

bo selecta was funny as fuck. this guy takes himself too seriously. mel b is still mates with him and found it funny. yes people took the piss out of each other 20 years ago lad, get over it. 'disempowering' - nah. its called taking the piss. this is the problem with people that go into music industry fulltime at a mentally young age, they don't realise there's a real world out there where people go to work all day and want to have a laugh about stupid stuff. all the best to this guy either way

[@sp_948]

That fact that he’s so bothered about it makes it even more funny.

[@billdoor5025]

he used to look proper bo with kez on his arm I tell thee.......Moving to america may have been a mistake Craig if stone and parker see this you are gonna miss BO Selecta

[@reidy19eightyfour]

It’s funny how Craig David never had any issue with Lee wearing the mask or mocking celebrities when he himself appeared on series 2 of bo selecta and even invited Lee dressed as Craig David to perform on stage at the royal albert hall because I was there when he came out on stage to perform the song rewind with him

[@SenorSol]

So to recap, multimillionaire artist who lives in luxury in Miami, was very mediocre at best, had a couple of middling hits, wanted desperately to be famous and be an 'entertainer' in the public eye is thin-skinned, defensive, takes himself too seriously, and now whines like a baby about satire, and essentially blames it for tanking his career. Got it.

[@jamesjarrett52]

Craig was so up his arse...thats part of the reason why he was targetted.

[@wrightyy]

David Beckham has no right to find his voice. The entitlement of Craig David is phenomenal.

[@RobinJames8282]

If he didn't have this to talk about, he wouldn't be relevant whatsoever. What else would people actually be talking about Craig David for? Nothing. These interviews keep him relevant and he's milking it

[@PrincessPikka]

If it wasn't for bo selecta people wouldn't even know who he was.. The show was funny, he clearly doesn't know that comedy is subjective!

[@bb-3653]

What ? You mean the man's music didn't make it big at all during the early 2000s? For him to even be made fun of to begin with by a comedy show? Idk If you remember why he was actually big back then. Like many young "smooth" attractive fellas who sing. He was one of them abd it likely made him big initially. Just like justice timberlake, Justin beiber, usher etc etc.

[@SS-km4pp]

Lies! Unless you’re talking about white people because black people knew his music and loved it

[@bb-3653]

@@SS-km4pp precisely , our people loved craig david.

[@girlsdrinkfeck]

@@bb-3653 he had a one hit wonder lmao

[@bb-3653]

@@girlsdrinkfeck that just wasnt true at all🤣🤣

[@baghiballsakh82]

Completely fine for him to make songs like rendezvous though when his target audience was, what, like 15 years old?

[@dirkdiggler5902]

Yes but that was ‘empowering’ 15 year olds 🥂

[@sevenphotographical]

Even Our Kes is cringeing.

[@hellalive8973]

Looking back it was probably a bit harsh but that Craaayyyg Daaavid stuff was hilarious and the best part of the show

[@ismaeladen2582]

Hilarious at who’s expense though? MJ and Becks were larger than life. That small show was never gonna crush them but Craig coming off a successful debut it made him into a National joke. It was brutal at that time I remember. Funny but brutal on his image

[@kakskdjfnakodndn]

​@ismaeladen2582 I really don't think that's true, it's a commonly believed myth. David still had a good career and the only object to his career was his shit, annoying music.

[@greypilgrim228]

@@ismaeladen2582 You realise he's a millionaire living in Miami mate? I don't think it actually effected him that much. I don't feel sorry for him.

[@Revelian1982]

​@@ismaeladen2582I was going to donate 10 quid to a homeless veteran with cancer and mental health issues, but you have convinced me to donate it to the handsome, rich, talented, famous and successful victim, Craig David, instead.

[@andyb3666]

@@greypilgrim228 his subsequent music after his very successful initial work was what caused the downturn in his career, not a C4 sitcom.

[@thefella131]

If bo selecta didn't have him in the show he would not be sitting talking about this. He would have been bigger than Michael Jackson. His talent was amazing and that show deffo pulled him down. He then had to rip off a U2 song called one to get back into the limelight. Anyways I'm off to hospital appointment for my delusional issues I'm having. 😅

[@ibuprofen303]

Can I get a reeeeeee=wind - Seven Daaaaayyyyysss....

[@stewartjones8525]

But he went into the show and performed as Craig David. Look at Mel B, she is friends with Leigh, she could see how much of a parody it was

[@sapphirelatina]

The race card is so ridiculous. That show parodied more white ppl than black ppl.

[@anthonymcken6050]

The most popular characters among a certain demographic were Trisha, Craig David, Mel B and Michael Jackson. I wonder why?

[@ekspatriat]

@@anthonymcken6050 But MJ was white!!!!

[@saynotothemeta993]

​@@anthonymcken6050 and britney spears, christina Aguilera, david blaine.. youre talking bs

[@Beelzebunge]

​@@anthonymcken6050🤦‍♂️

[@Revelian1982]

Marilyn Manson was my favourite. I do love him so. I thought he was haaaaaawicked!

[@dan32113]

Craig does your nurse know your outside the Ward.

[@timacann]

He got traumatised so had to move to Miami? Aww the poor thing

[@pjsmith2744]

What a fragile small cock he is.

[@emj2782]

I’m glad he spoke out about this. Really important for the next generations to see and hear. I hold up my arm in admitting that when the comedian (Leigh Francis) parodying Craig was on TV, I thought it was funny. Too easy for a white person to join in with ignorance. I’m sorry. Now I know better. Thank you Craig David for sharing the truth.

[@Ego_Sum_Nemo]

GROW A PAIR CRAAAIG DAVID APPEARED ON BO SELECTA HE DIDNT HAVE ANY THEN OR TROUBLE COLLECTING OR SPENDING THAT MONEY....?

[@Ego_Sum_Nemo]

He's a proper crank I tell thee!

[@Joemama55122]

CRAAAAAAAIIIIG DAAAAAAAAAVIIIIIIIID

[@chumpey]

I feel for the guy. Craig David is an incredible artist, and clearly a sensitive person. It’s not that he’s wrong, but the way to deal with it is not to hold on to all the bad feelings. 20 years on, that’s you choosing to. Just let it go and lean into it. That disarms it instantly. That which we resist, persists.

[@Mr_DATA828]

Never heard someone come out with as much BS, so Craig is basically alleging that he had to leave the UK to live in Miama because of Bo Selecta lol really ? 😅

[@gladroad]

Can I get a rewind?

[@zerocool21]

Disempowering?? Lol Whining about it is Disempowering.

[@donniecatalano]

Yeah, is everyone nowadays made of butter or what 🤣

[@DavidFenwood]

It was an example of the long-lost and now forgotten British art of taking the piss. Now deemed socially unacceptable and probably punishable by sentence to Azkaban

[@bb-3653]

Well because humour like that on a widespread scale is likely the reason alot of celebrities have mental health problems that got demonised until they were honest and open about it 10-20yrs down the line.

[@komkom6657]

The Bo Selecta skit was funny the first and second time, after that it became old and sour ... it went on forever and now Craig is allowed to talk about it forever until he's had his fill.

[@boratsagdiyev3936]

I never got bored of craaaaaaiiiiiiiig David! Im quite a strange person though

[@the980tigamer9]

Craig it was only jokes mate but you never got rinsed by Ali G but david did(And David still cant speak). You should of been putting music out regardless ,but you chose not to so don’t blame anybody for your own mistakes craig

[@byrospyro4432]

It's people like this is why we don't have good comedy anymore. Imagine still crying about 20 years later and trying to pull the race card when most of the people he ripped into on the show were white.

[@bb-3653]

Well if you aren't at the front of that sort of thing then you can't really say for sure how it would affect you now. You know All of these older shows with extreme treatment of cast or extreme comedy etc sometimes led to mental health problems and suicide right? Ever wonder why magazines and news papers would depict celebs as "mad'..its because of ignorance on journalists and the news papers part. I ain't saying comedies bad. But sometimes we don't really see how the shit affects people behind closed doors.

[@ishmael2586]

​​@@bb-3653 but celebs love themselves. There has to be an answer to celeb narcissism. We have to be able to laugh at them and not be forced to join in on their weird self obsession

[@JackDaniel1109]

You don't hear kes complaining. All those times, you called him a bastard. Shake my head propa Bo a tell thee

[@liamchappell2267]

Fair enough, you'd be annoyed at the show but out of all the things he could have tried to dial in on he goes for the racism card. In what world is the mask racist? Clown

[@Paul-fq9pj]

Proper Bo

[@Revelian1982]

Atell thee! Sorry. I fro China, and I love the show. It is on China television every week.

[@seanadamson280]

The absolute nonsense coming out of his mouth is why he had the piss taken out of him.

[@FactsTrumpFeelings.]

If somebody made summink that funny about me, I’d feel proud..I’ve never heard Michael Jackson moaning about his caricature, and getting all depressed, and using words like racism and misogyny.. this man appears to have more issues to deal with, than Bo selecta

[@schumiisking]

well you can pyschoanalyse it all you want..........Leigh Francis created caracatures and tangents which weren't even remotely connected to the characters. Craigs trying way too hard to link it back to racism to make his point but its bollox.....it was surreal comedy and i am both a huge craig david fan + a leigh francis/bo selecta fan.

[@71Splinter]

I missed what he said " CAN I GET A REEEE-WIIINDD!"

[@MusclesGlassius]

Is he still going on about it…. 😅

[@meemoomamoo]

The skitt isn't racist BUT the fact that he chose the 2 of the most successful black British music performers and ripped them to shreds.. Keith didn't just joke he made them appear grotesque, stupid etc. Those 2 characters he went soo far with, too far with. I don't remember any other characters but Mel B and Craig because he made them loom so awful. I suspect if you did a deep dive on Keith Lemon you'd find he doesn't have any positive relationships with black people and probably is a bit prejudiced against black people (perhaps unconsciously). To anyone paying attention it was obvious Craig left the country because Keith made him into a joke. Craig was only 21 at the time and Keith a grown man, something doesn't sit right with me about it.

[@shaunfarrington7361]

Wow I love how he plays a victim so well. Kes should have given him a good pecking for being a total snowflake, CRAIIIIIIIG DAVID

[@funkybear7243]

Guy next to him trying not to piss himself 😂

[@Joemama55122]

Craig has his piss bag so he's ok

[@RobinJames8282]

He were connected

[@romanpears8442]

I dream Craig would make a chinstrap beard again like in 2000’s

[@andyscott6315]

Hope he doesn't get hit by a tornado, then he would know what real pain is.

[@Chris_34]

Where the fck was Kes?

[@ncollins7213]

Really like Craig David up until now. Trying to throw the race card out there aswel is ridiculous. Leigh Francis is a comedic genius.

[@bwilliamson3887]

Genius is going a bit far.

[@ncollins7213]

@@bwilliamson3887 No reason for disagreeing? Is that how you prop up an arguement? Your empty, pointless comment speaks volumes about you as a person. Leigh has been constantly on our screens for over 20 years. Bo Selecta, Bo in the USA, A showbiz tale. Celebrity juice. Keith Lemon sketch show. He kept edgy humour alive when everyone else cowered to the woke mob. He has provided endless laughter to us and has earned his place in the comedic hall of fame. And he ain’t done yet. Long live Leigh Francis. A national treasure.

[@bwilliamson3887]

@ncollins7213 Wow someone's sensitive. He's not that funny mate. He just imitates celebrities and is crude and crass. Not funny in the slightest, as for genius, deluded.

[@bwilliamson3887]

@@ncollins7213 Putting a black face on is racist.

[@ncollins7213]

@@bwilliamson3887 Says you. Sound like whingeing liberal idiot. Leigh’s accomplishments are there in black and white. You don’t need to agree with me.

[@Truffle_Pup]

I've broken down 👐 whilst on tour 👐 can I use yer Toiiiiiileeeeeet???

[@Taporeee]

Yes, but what about Kes?

[@Squarer67]

He hasn't forgiven anything. He's made a living out of bitching about it for 20 years.

[@B0l0joe]

It wasn't supposed to be empowering. It was just silly and childish humour which was hilarious when i was a teenager!

[@charlieverity5405]

The ridiculous way he referred to himself in the third person back then was almost as bad as the incorrect and bizzare way he says "satire" now. In a way, he already was a figure of fun before Francis came along. I mean, Im sure he's a nice bloke, but really he should have nipped it in the bud at the time and had a word with Francis, instead of appearing in the show with him...

[@richardcranium3403]

4:43....CRAIAAAIIIIG DAAAAVIIID ! was so offended he moved to Miami. 🤣

[@l-dog-8542]

How’s the kestrel Craig is kez still alive

[@mattadders9819]

Where’s Kez?!

[@CragScrambler]

Let's be honest it gave him more publicity than his music ever did. Can I get a reewiiiind

[@RedHerringMedia]

All of Leighs characters were absurd caricatures that took one line they may have said (or not even in some cases!) and exaggerated them into a cartoonish parody that was so far removed from the original celebrity that it was completely ridiculous and that's what made Bo Selecta funny! I mean celebrity culture takes itself so seriously and puts itself on such a high pedestal, all Leigh did was humanize ya'll and to say he was being racist is just so silly as he was equal opportunist with his piss takes. This is what makes impressionists so funny, you gonna consider that bullying too? Being famous is fair game for mockery I'm afraid and you gotta have way thicker skin than that to rise above if you want to play in that arena.

[@kingmortz]

Very well said

[@zacmirza6498]

He was just mad that it ruined his image

[@joejo4549]

Yeah he was only about 21 too

[@waltbarratt200]

He didn’t have to try to hard to make him look like a self obsessed fool, Lee is still a top entertainer, not heard of this guy for years

[@James27Simko]

Craaiiiiiiig daaaiiiiivid

[@exmosquito]

Seven days, donkeys, king ut Jews!…

[@donniecatalano]

Craaaaig DaviSSSS

[@keirbarber5202]

I feel for Craig David. It was bullying

[@max95-nq6sm]

Craig been in the US too long 😭 bo solecta Craaaaiiiiiig Daaaaavvvviiid funny af 🤣. He's not even black, Craig is mixed. If the character is nothing like him then why is he so offended ? 🤔🤭

[@bwilliamson3887]

Mixed race is still black identified. And the character is called Craig David so how can it not be him. Leigh Francis is a racist.

[@Nate-i4n]

Waiting for Kes to appear on a string.

[@IanEckert1977]

...Oooh Can You See Me Grapes?... - Mel B

[@sk-23.]

He didn't get it then - he doesn't appear to get it now. It wasn't a personal attack on this utterly humourless bloke, who clearly took himself far too seriously. It was just a bit of poking fun at celebrity culture and the Patsy Kensits and Mel Bs of this world could laugh at themselves and so came out of it none the worse. But this guy...pfftt...he behaved like a baby, and many people saw that and turned on him for taking himself so seriously when the bloke was making millions and adored by his fans. HE fucked up his own career because he behaved like a knob - can't blame Leigh Francis for that Craig Daaaaaavid because he's proper bo I tell thee.😇

[@Nonegiven14582]

Craig was brilliant. You can't take that away from him. But he even went on this show as a Cameo. Craig Davis?

[@altt-check1-2]

Ikr

[@RobertJones-st3wj]

Hey Craig think you dropped your sense of humour somewhere

[@andyscott6315]

I cant take him seriously when he is litrally pissing himself in this video

[@Mrpublicimagelimited]

Oh for God's sake.. he could've embraced the Bo Selecta gag and had fun with it like Mel B did, instead of taking Leigh Francis (and himself) so bloody seriously. 😂😂

[@Humanmillion]

Pissed himself 😂

[@jb8328]

If anything Bo Selecta made better known and I don’t know anyone who thought negatively about him because of the character. It was amusing and light hearted, nothing more.