Jamie Oliver forced to apologise and pull new children’s book

[@brettchristoffel6391]

Oh the horror, the horror. Never, never apologise to the woke perpetually outraged eltists.

[@ChickityChicken]

Where can I buy the original version?

[@HouMat-if5fi]

People need to stop apologizing to the chronically offended.

[@tonyrobertson1085]

People need to stop exploiting cultures that they have no clue about. Like pretty much most of the commenters on this topic. Stick to food Jamie.

[@HouMat-if5fi]

@tonyrobertson1085 Exploiting? Hahaha! Get a job you god damn commie.

[@lal2300]

@@tonyrobertson1085’exploiting cultures’ 🤦🏻🤦🏼‍♀️ you sound a right snowflake 🤨

[@WhoTube277]

​@@tonyrobertson1085Agreed. He should re-release it with the character changed to white and leave aboriginees out entirely. If it's gonna be so much fucking trouble, why bother even mentioning them?

[@mptc6955]

Bit repetitive clown shoes

[@logicalanswer3529]

Professional victims / Amateur thinkers.

[@natalieperez3765]

Why should you have to consult anyone for a fiction children's book? We have got to stop apologizing. 🙄

[@tonyrobertson1085]

So according to what you wrote it’s ok make money writing about a culture you know nothing about and didn’t consult with in any way. That’s a little short sighted don’t you think.

[@mptc6955]

Hahahaha culture my arse

[@tonyrobertson1085]

@@mptc6955 Careful your bigotry is showing.

[@tonyrobertson1085]

@@mptc6955 Careful your bigotry is showing.

[@mptc6955]

@@tonyrobertson1085 If you only knew pal

[@oldnutta7611]

FFS Never apologise to these people, they're money sponges and now you acknowledged wrong doing. Getting your cheque book out now is the only apology they will accept.

[@seandelap8587]

Why did he apologise ffs when he has done absolutely nothing wrong

[@theotheoth]

have you read the book?

[@kevinmaltby4202]

Because he's woke. I don't recall Why-tee getting upset over Homer Simpson and how it caricatures why-t american dads. But the tide is turning against woke idiots now Big D will be back.

[@asifitmatters1]

@@theotheothwhy would it matter? It’s a work of fiction not a history lesson.

[@theotheoth]

@@asifitmatters1 so it would be ok to spout racist ideologies in any book that passes as fiction? You'd be ok with your kids reading reading racist fiction?

[@grantdubridge7995]

Tell the critics to shove it.

[@tonyrobertson1085]

Why? Is there something offensive in the book? Have you even read it?

[@asifitmatters1]

That would require a spine… something Oliver lacks.

[@CarolyneWithers]

And he said sorry what a fool

[@tonyrobertson1085]

Don’t want to damage the brand do we?

[@Holdeenio]

Who cares? It’s a fantasy book for kids - people need to get lives.

[@tonyrobertson1085]

And yet here you are.

[@mptc6955]

Vote was NO! Or you too short sighted or narrow minded??

[@tonyrobertson1085]

@@mptc6955 please tell me in 25 words or less what the hell that has got to do with the withdrawal of Oliver’s children’s book. Oh God this is just too easy.

[@mptc6955]

@@tonyrobertson1085 I dont believe in segredation, WE are ALL human and your sort of division in the thought of mixing cultures a BAD thing is pathetic! Victims are what victims do. This was very easy young man

[@tonyrobertson1085]

@@mptc6955 I don’t know what segredation is but I get the overall tenor of your comment is a bit nasty and I think you may need to take an aspirin and have a bit of a lie down. Don’t take things so seriously.

[@tillyt4054]

Never apologise, Disappointed in Jamie

[@tonyrobertson1085]

He did the right thing before his brand got damaged. Jamie’s disappointed that you’re disappointed in Jamie.

[@tibbar1000]

Meanwhile Why Heather has Two Mommies, My Dad’s Roommate, and a whole new generation of books introducing homosexuality to small children in the formative stages roll on unapologetically….

[@tonyrobertson1085]

Tibbar 1000. Seriously sir are you not done with this topic yet? You probably need to get over it by now.

[@jmcham1000]

@@tonyrobertson1085 ....Just pointing out the truth and not hiding it as you would like

[@tysonrolls9713]

Offended by everything ashamed of nothing

[@tonyrobertson1085]

@@jmcham1000 whiners continue to beat this subject to death but conspicuously fail to explain how homosexuality affects them in any way. I repeat,get over it.

[@niram4107]

​​​@@tonyrobertson1085You could argue that such books are deeply offensive to Christians. If Oliver's book is deemed deeply offensive to Indigenous Australians and is being pulled, why are not the books that the OP has mentioned deemed deeply offensive for Christians and also pulled?

[@gonnabeok.]

Pathetic woke crap.

[@Heblackthovoter]

Zero apologies No Regrets

[@ariellevy3074]

Redicules to have to consult anyone on a fictional book😂🎉

[@starhope9630]

How ridiculous and he should never have apologized...I'm so tired of this nonsense!🙄

[@cinemar]

Yes we mustn't accuse the aboriginal community of any wrong doing ever.

[@jayraymond5960]

Probably tried to consult them, but they were all drunk in the park

[@alanchilds1456]

They were all crying about Trump

[@JasonBeale-v7m]

I’m offended by the constant welcome to country blather at every single event.

[@tonyrobertson1085]

Wow I didn’t think something like that could affect somebody’s life so much that they felt the need to annoy others by commenting about it.

[@huxy6719]

​@tonyrobertson1085 A bit rich, considering you feel the need to reply to most comments in the negative. It's a fictional book, not a history book.

[@averymatheau3221]

Blah Blah Blah. People need to stop bowing down to weak minded and soft individuals.

[@DenverHarris]

Big mistake apologizing. Never ever ever ever apologize

[@Jimmy-bg5bx]

Jfc, I thought people would stop bending the knee after trump's win but here we are.

[@tonyrobertson1085]

What the hell has Trump got to do with Jamie Oliver’s book? Yep another one overreaching.

[@jillyjoan8416]

We should all buy the book.

[@filop]

Dont apologise,no one in australia is interested in this BS

[@tonyrobertson1085]

Really? What are you doing here then? Slumming?

[@tessalister1226]

Didn't the book go through an editor, publisher, public relations dept. Woke warriors, teams of people looking specifically for anything that would/could possibly offend anyone, anytime, anywhere?

[@theotheoth]

I just asked pretty much the same question at home here. Wouldn't Jamie have been asked, why an indigenous Australian, and whether he knows anything at all about indigenous Australia? And then had it test-read by a focus group that included at least one descendant of indigenous Australians?

[@divingduck9]

just goes to show, nobody reads books anymore, not even ppl in the book selling biz

[@JohnsonCranium]

Sure did 👍 but because he’s white and rich 🤑 they allowed it in an attempt to ruin his brand and empire. It’s what the decrepit woke class of knob gobblers do to sabotage people.

[@theotheoth]

@@divingduck9 ah, I'm one of those few that still reads books.

[@divingduck9]

@@theotheoth yea, we're a minority:)

[@laurabeane8862]

I didn't know Australia had Identity "Consultants" too. I thought that kind of Extortion was just in the West

[@tonyrobertson1085]

You thought? Go on pull the other one.

[@thegreatstrogannofski3418]

Show a bit of dash, Oliver and tell them to Gagf,,We have to put up with this Welcome to country garbage at the opening of every envelope, Everyone except the people cashing in on the scam are sick of it all

[@outback109]

I'm sure a little compensation will solve the issue.

[@stardream5907]

He hadn’t offered royalties. No money no gain. Free money

[@jujumaccas]

Yeah. They love the $$$

[@justinflemming7711]

Seriously the Indigenous behaviour has gone too far

[@robertsanders6424]

Jamie should stand his ground and put the books back on the shelves. I get offended every day by Indigenous Australians (oh sorry they are not Australians and never have been) and have to let it go over my head because no government agency will do anything about me being abused, stolen from and offended. This country where I was born is just political BS.

[@20alphabet]

"I'm devastated to have caused offense..." is not something a real man says to extortioners.

[@raptorcaptain]

Never apologise

[@Cachehound01]

Stop apologizing! And stop asking for apologies! Offensive language and actions are natures way of telling you to STAY THE F AWAY from someone! Otherwise, you invest time/energy into someone only to discover LATER that you hate them! Save yourself the trouble and just be offended NOW!

[@bobpfaff2258]

Where Jamie Oliver made his mistake was he didnt make the little girl non-binary. If he had, everything would have been OK.

[@angusmacinnis7214]

We are all indigenous and we all came from Somewhere else. And we all had slaves at one time or another. And we have all been colonialists. So why the bleeding hearts , they have no right to be crying. And on top of this, he didn’t even intend any harm.

[@AA-BB]

They didn’t get paid to consult and approve. Thats what this is about. The “offensive” part was that an indigenous child was said to be in tune with nature, was bilingual and could read people’s minds. Keep in mind it’s a work of fiction and if anything the traits given to the child were more flattering than anything.

[@GrandpaVince]

Vince was appalled by this book there was no dingo pie recipes

[@nolaparker9574]

Should have paid $$$ and a smoking ceremony and it would have been ok.

[@rods6405]

HahA ! Exactly!

[@WhoTube277]

You can write what you want. Don't ever apologize.

[@vivrowe2763]

He's a coward

[@BigMikeRuinedBrokebackBarack]

Ugh. Can no one seriously find anything better to do than be offended about everything? Try getting a job, maybe.🎯 adults don't have this issue, just saying.

[@chrisd6358]

He can barely cook, now he's written a children's book! I think he should play for Manchester United next.

[@abrahamlupis9354]

at least isn't a book about rainbows

[@pallasathena1369]

If we don't stop this nonsense, we are at risk of losing creativity. Noone will express talents because they will fear doing something wrong. Just because a small handful of activists have no talents...

[@Bee_Bob]

I immediately ordered it online. Edit: for research 😂

[@chrismitchell6274]

Consult means pay!

[@tysonrolls9713]

Offended by everything ashamed of nothing

[@momentum4th104]

What is a First Nations person? Surely it’s not an aboriginal? We gone a bit woke on Oliver have we?

[@tonyrobertson1085]

So somebody uses a culture they have no idea about and without consultation in a book for children and everyone is surprised that the author is censured. Give me a break! I bet that you’d be one of the first to protest if, say an American author wrote about Australian history and had never been to our country and then tried to introduce that history to our schools.

[@rods6405]

"What is a First Nations person?" Its just a BS name they made up because there was no nation just a bunch warring barely stone age tribes

[@monologic_]

@@tonyrobertson1085 Your notion that fiction should require an author to have a meaningful, personal connection to the places or themes they're writing about, is quite frankly, ridiculous. Better pull Lord of the Rings from the shelves, as I don't believe Tolkien properly consulted the elves. And whilst you're at it, you can pull all fiction by Noongar authors that reference English colonialists and England itself, because I'm not seeing consultations with the Brits referenced in their work. Rules for thee but not for me. Fiction is fictitious - that's the whole point. If this had been non-fiction, I would have completely agreed with you, but it's not, so I don't.

[@tonyrobertson1085]

@@monologic_ I did not say ‘meaningful, personal connection’. An author has a responsibility to the reader to have some knowledge about what he is writing. Tolkien who is rightly considered one of the greats of the 20th century created a world from whole cloth with his imagination but your point is moot because it’s fantasy. If you could cite some of these Noongar authors name I’d be happy to have a look at them and get back to you. My guess is that you have a very small pool to choose from. This discussion loses its heat when we realise that Jamie Oliver voluntarily withdrew his book when he understood his mistake.

[@tothemax324]

Stay offended.

[@Spockfucious]

First Nation Is a term stolen from Canada. Using the term here is disingenuous and an absolute fabrication. There were no ‘nations’ of aboriginal people. They were geographically isolated tribes of hunter gatherers stuck in a Stone Age evolutionary dead-end on an isolated back-water of a continent. Do not accept the lie that Aboriginals were these great primitive group of ‘nations’. This nonsense of aboriginals being ‘noble savages’ that were caretakers of the land is absolute total nonsense. And as far as This book is concerned-they will take any opportunity to be offended at anything they can to draw the spotlight on them.

[@rods6405]

Spot On ! Another minority group claiming their victim hood any way they can!

[@stevep9041]

Just because he didn’t spend a few thousand on welcome to country!

[@sanchezking6188]

Nobody cares. About the offended.

[@johnwalsh5703]

Well done young man. What a pity our little grubby woke politician's can't do the same for the damage they are doing to our society

[@x-haustedx2r]

Nonsense

[@ColdHardToronto]

No one caaaaaares

[@tonyrobertson1085]

Then why are you herrrrrrreeeee?

[@JoshOsRocks]

They are not "first nations" people. They are aboriginal people and you will address them as such or main stream Australia's are going to ignore you. Stop with the fake news.

[@tonyrobertson1085]

So who came before them then professor? I’d be interested to hear your take on First Nations history.

[@rods6405]

@@tonyrobertson1085 they were not a nation? they had no flag no king no prime minister no common language no boundaries on their property they have no property etc etc etc

[@Dry6991]

If you bow to them too easily, chanced are u are going to do it every day on anything

[@myrahouse2368]

Jamie is lovely he wouldn’t hurt anyone. 🤨…. Woke off!!!!

[@unclebuck8558]

Woke - what a disgrace

[@jasongrundy1717]

Imagine assuming they could be treated like they were humans. Guess he learned his lesson.

[@LIKEFUNK]

What is the part exactly of his kids fictional book did they take offence at? ...the fact he's pulled it now it seems to indicate he's become a cream puff unfortunately

[@acutler4745]

I might be more opinionated if it wasn't Jamie Oliver, lmao.

[@mitrooper]

Apologize for done nothing wrong, what an idiot.

[@sirrathersplendid4825]

What a silly bugga. Can only assume he’s doing this for free publicity.

[@tomjones5338]

Who cares move on

[@tonyrobertson1085]

You came here just to say that? I’m touched.

[@4furbuddiesntea51]

No words

[@tonyrobertson1085]

And yet you wrote some.

[@ricklee5845]

He is a cook (supposedly) and we pay him to cook, not to write children's books. This is no different from 'celebrities' spewing their political ideas all over the internet. They are being paid for acting and performing - that's it!

[@JimReid-cb8lx]

What a fuss about a fun kids’ book that was simply a fictitious story. Far bigger issues to deal with than this nonsense.

[@aeophylus]

Jamie Oliver should have consulted Uncle Roger.

[@Autofill-o7s]

Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander viewers are advised that this book may contain………….🤦🏻‍♂️

[@David-d4k9k]

Yes. Don’t tell the truth.

[@johnwoodrow8769]

And just what "indigenous groups" should Jamie Oliver have consulted with to gain permission to use this fictitious character? That they simply crumbled and gave in means I have ZERO sympathy for them. Jamie, try growing a set.

[@mssunshineband1]

Yer there you go they want a share of the money!!!

[@abrahamlupis9354]

COWARD! 🙄

[@jimspenser1258]

Boo-Hoo.

[@bobdylan1677]

Leave the fella alone.

[@rods6405]

No one stole anything or anyone! They lost it because they were not looking after it properly!

[@tonyrobertson1085]

Why aren’t you a professor of anthropology lecturing somewhere. Sorry if there’s too many syllables.

[@rods6405]

@@tonyrobertson1085 I doubt you have read what the Anthropologist wrote about this! Plenty of info on the web! They would not be allowed to present it any more! But its all recorded in their books!

[@tonyrobertson1085]

@@rods6405 Your comment is so weird it’s a wonder you didn’t write it in all caps.

[@rods6405]

@@tonyrobertson1085 More insults no information!

[@tonyrobertson1085]

@@rods6405 No insult intended. I just thought your first comment was unintentionally hilarious and now this is an insult, ignorant.

[@theotheoth]

I'm looking for information on what offended -- anyone know anything?

[@rods6405]

Just make something up that is what they do!

[@theotheoth]

@rods6405 yea, most people here seem to have decided in an instant that Jamie did nothing wrong, has nothing to apologise for etc, and I'm guessing they haven't read it.

[@Bee_Bob]

Well, I just now ordered the book to find out for myself. I encourage others to do the same.

[@Bee_Bob]

Well, I just now ordered the book to find out for myself. I encourage others to do the same.

[@theotheoth]

@@Bee_Bob I thought he'd withdrawn it already.

[@Evil_Befall]

fuiyoh why so weak ? 😂

[@happyswim1836]

Showing ehat they did to the indigenous children 😮

[@Watch_disciple]

Oh stop this nonsense

[@glenncambray9783]

He should have ignored them and carried on as usual. What author has not at one time published something that in someway didn't portray a topic exactly the way another person or group of people would like it to be portrayed. All books do that. As do movies. As does all art. This brought to mind the clips of the Lamas in the Temple in Pet Detective 2. Were the Tibetans in an uproar because the film had mocked and made fun of their traditions with the depiction of monks partying and rebel rousing in the temple? Were they offended because there culture had been used for comedy. Did they feel their age old traditions had been stereotyped and trivialised by a non Tibetan film maker. People have a right to self expression. If you don't like it, then move on. He shouldn't have apologised anymore than one would indulge and appease an ill mannered child.

[@PeteBurke-vp2oo]

Mirroring most of the comments already posted. I think he is weak as the proverbial yellow liquid, why doesn`t someone have the balls to stand up and say ..`NO..I`M NOT APOLOGIZING AND NO I`M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND DO IT ` Screw `em..majority of real Australians have had a gut full of everything going our Indigenous brothers and sisters way. Sick Of It.

[@waterofsouls7639]

everyone is Dinkum, fair dinkum Mad as a cut snake!

[@johnbutler370]

Zzzzzzzzzz

[@missconduct]

God bless you Jamie.....you're a blessing.

[@mptc6955]

Pathetic 😡

[@MrIlleism]

Dr. Phil of cooking.

[@vk88864]

It’s not pathetic and it’s not woke to ban a book written by a British descendant at that for stereotyping a child from the longest living culture on earth. Racists get over yourselves. Apology accepted Jamie.

[@jujumaccas]

Don’t apologise for me 🤡

[@rods6405]

culture? really

[@maicholor2849]

Failing at being a real chef he now switches profession is he? Not a great start at that either huh!

[@tonyrobertson1085]

Just extending the brand.

[@Harien-fs6gn]

He should stick on with cook book only 🤭

[@RichardRay-t6h]

LOL

[@ced.bauzon]

haiyaa...

[@mugga9034]

😂

[@Mike_5]

The original owner's and custodians of the Land who have been there for Millenia are fully entitled to be offended by this as it is very disrespectful to fail to consult with them prior to the book launch

[@jujumaccas]

Bull💩

[@tonyrobertson1085]

@@jujumaccas Please sir tell me which part of Mikes comment is bull . All of it or just part of it? And allow me to point out how concise and to the point your response to Mikes comment was. You convinced me.

[@rods6405]

@@tonyrobertson1085 The were not the original men from Africa there where 2 other colonisations which were either consumed (possibly literally) or by wars by the 3rd wave! "custodians of the Land" what a joke they were barley stone age man they set fire to the joint and ate what ran out probably made extinct more flora and fauna than white fella did then they warred with each other over the hunting grounds and females.

[@uncommonsense8177]

Apologizing is an admission of fault/guilt. Never apologize for anything, denial able plausibility! Especially this woke crap, but its ok he probably wrote the book on "stolen" indian land so its ok.

[@Reddustdiaries]

Unbelievable!

[@bulletlottery]

The guy lives in UK aka CANCEL/woke CULTURE central. I understand his position.

[@TSCarmenMelbourne]

Hahaha