Victoria Coren called my joke RACIST - here's my response

[@richardjones3112]

Victoria has that superiority attitude that guarantees a long and lucrative BBC career.

[@johnhankinson1929]

yes and so has her pleb of a husband , he was funny till the BBC knocked it out of him . What a pair of over educated ****'s

[@gwae48]

DADDY WAS A LIFE LONG BBC LUVVIE. SO WHOLE FAMILY NOW WORKS THERE.

[@cedricfarquharson5842]

Brilliant comment, says it all.

[@carolineholmes4524]

I find her attempts at wit on Only Connect to be supremely cringe worthy and tumbleweedy.

[@Pommy1957]

@@gwae48 Yup, BBC nepotism at it's best.

[@candyquahogmarshmallow8257]

Well done Leo for fighting the good fight against this woke nonsense 👍

[@mazyarkanani6708]

I’m Iranian and I don’t consider the joke racist. I don’t like the idea of people deciding when I should be offended….

[@plk9559]

VERY well put. Applaud thAT.

[@john-ic5pz]

if they heard your opinion, those ppl would say you're not a "real" Iranian or that you've been brainwashed by the right-wing or something equally ludicrous. ppl with cluster B psychological disorders can't be reasoned with. they'll always twist a situation to fit their warped view of it. ❤️ ✌🏻

[@ironinfidel7792]

We need a little more context to your comment. Where do you live would be a good start.

[@OutofTouch-wg6ey]

But people telling you what you can and can't eat and what you're allowed to wear is okay.

[@jackonorey4846]

Aaaaah but you would say that because you're a hetrosexual, white male........wait.......

[@marksmith7789]

Never had her down as a damned fool but she's managed to do a spectacularly good job in proving that she is!

[@Z4Zander]

Would think someone of her education would have read a bit of Mark Twain,especially his top ten quotes.🏴‍☠

[@hazelholmshaw9415]

She is a number one fool.

[@SvenTviking]

She was flailing with that huge Tweet.

[@codinghusky5196]

...I just chalk up everything female visiting countries like Iran as a "damned fool". Unless they're female cats, then they're OK.

[@brianfitzell1664]

Many such as Ms. Coren are sticking to colour by numbers pre-defined ethics. ‘Cos they want to keep their in with the in-crowd jobs.

[@jonb4020]

I would never worry about what someone like Victoria Coren thought about me. There are some people whose opinions are of value, and some whose aren't. 🙂

[@alecpritchard]

this

[@gusgibsaints]

I disagree. She is clearly in the wrong in this instance but it doesn't make all her opinions invalid.

[@Vent330]

In the mad world we now inhabit being called racist is undoubtedly a compliment. Calling her a comedian is a really good joke Leo 😅😂😊

[@michaelcannon3172]

She is definitely not comedian. job for life with British bashing corporation.

[@markusalcudia]

That woman calling you a racist, is just another medal on your chest. Keep up the good work. Lots of love from Germany.

[@michaelmacdonell4834]

Along with the Iron Cross and the Lord Haw-Haw award for treachery?

[@-NemoMeImpuneLacessit]

@@michaelmacdonell4834 if you were trying to be funny ...you failed. That reference was 80 years out of date.

[@bugler75]

@@-NemoMeImpuneLacessit Nice name by the way! Not long till 40 years since Tumbledown. I’ll raise a glass of Talisker. Faugh a ballagh !

[@-NemoMeImpuneLacessit]

@@bugler75 cheers mate, but I was 1st Battalion. Those lads toughed it out! One or two transferred to the 1st and we got to hear first hand about the battle up the mountain

[@Strength-in-Union]

@@-NemoMeImpuneLacessit 40 years... Respect. 👍🏻

[@PA-ss5cq]

Someone needs to tell these whingers that"racist" and "fascist" do have particular and quite specific meanings, and should not be used randomly against anyone who happens to disagree with your own opinion on each and any topic.

[@Porkcylinder]

Oh don’t forget ‘naaaazi ‘

[@josefk332]

They used to have specific meanings. But due to its massive over use the meaning has been de-valued and is now effectively meaningless.

[@hughmungus1767]

I'm afraid that ship sailed many years ago. I remember a guy on a political forum declaring me a fascist at least a decade ago. I defied him to define "fascist". He could have taken days to look up a definition in a reference book but replied right away that he didn't need a definition: he could "smell" fascists (over the internet!) and said I was obviously one. It was obvious then that he had no idea what a fascist was and just used it as a term of abuse for anyone that expressed opinions contrary to his own.

[@drahcirnevarc9152]

No, don't explain anything to the woke scum. Just try to offend them as much as possible.

[@sage1d590]

By far the funniest thing about this is describing coren as a ‘comedian’😂😂😂

[@hadayimosi]

She's gatekeeping for the BBC. She always does it.

[@catinthehat906]

Hang on a second- isn't this the same Victoria Coren who defended Jimmie Carr's Holocaust joke about gypsies- which definitely was racist.

[@donaldsinden934]

@@catinthehat906 Neither joke was racist, just listen carefully to the way Jimmy delivered the joke.

[@KuroMicra]

She “works” for the BBC. Enough said.

[@andrewmorton3344]

The reason she’s a top class poker player is that she can look unbearably smug even when she’s holding a junk hand.

[@njd2342]

So why does she need a paid gig at the Big Black C?

[@pookachu64]

Damm that’s so on the nail

[@kylemenos]

Wait is this a racist joke? now, i'm questioning everything.

[@terrypussypower]

Yeah, “resting smug-face” it’s called!

[@Thenogomogo-zo3un]

Her smugness level broke the gauge

[@deemauk2591]

£400 million well spent. Couldn’t think of a better use of that money. As a woman she should be free to make her own choices, go against government advise and then it’s only right to expect all of us to bail her out of jail in her home country and bring her to a foreign land…..the UK. We can all be proud.

[@randomrants3726]

When is she paying it back.

[@DavyMcKay]

Her stand-up was hilarious!! Said no one. Ever.

[@jimmycampbell78]

It was like when the teacher lets a posh sixth former do an assembly

[@petewalshmusic]

@@jimmycampbell78 totally 💯

[@tonyb5884]

Her sit down aint up to much either

[@fullstop6078]

God, that was SHIT

[@mikipiediaelburro7588]

Cor that was terrible wasn't it About as funny as a burning orphanage

[@romancandlefight1144]

As always the people who throw accusations at strangers are the most likely to be guilty of that very thing.. her hypocrisy is overwhelming

[@marktyrrell8892]

Yes it's called projection. A neat little trick in which one's own imperfections are cast away from oneself onto others.

[@mjones4083]

So very true .

[@ferncollins9126]

She's got terfy pro-woman views she's trying to distract from by throwing another under the bus.

[@SvenTviking]

Mrs Radcliffe reminds me of those people who decide to climb Ben Nevis in January during the worst storm of the winter and then expect the emergency services to rescue them.

[@fredbloggs5902]

Wearing trainers and without a coat.

[@gregthebaker829]

Absolutely. They need billing. I'm getting to think anyone who does dangerous sports needs insurance.

[@Smachfest]

@@gregthebaker829 The people who rescue them are climbers too. They do it because they might need rescued one day for their mistake or due to nature. Armed Forces use the rescue experience as live training to recover soldiers in the field. So its a sort of win-win for all involved. Though I fully agree that being stupid in the wilderness is stupid. But.... It is a bit like freedom too.

[@gregthebaker829]

@@Smachfest Thank you for that. I appreciate the way you put it too.

[@colinstewart1432]

Yes. The idiocy that manages to endanger themselves and others, but it's never their fault.

[@peterhall728]

Being called a Racist today is like being called "A big fat poo" in the playground when you were 5. It means nothing and comes out the mouth of an emotionally immature child.

[@lastjellyontheplate8828]

Exactly, and I'm at the stage where I don't give a toss what they call me anymore, it's boring.

[@bobbyknox9258]

Depends what colour poo surely 🤔 🤣

[@Simonet1309]

@@lastjellyontheplate8828 damn right. Strangely enough it seems to be the least racist demographic accused of being the most racist. Consequently, it means nothing.

[@peterhall728]

@@willsum3794 Most of them! Why not all of them? Is it something to do with Racist self awareness I wonder. And why are you hanging around with Racists? You need to get better friends.

[@simonstones1918]

What’s the definition of a racist?

[@jonfield2964]

Victoria Coren is one of the smuggest people on TV. Her persona reeks of 'I'm so much better than you'

[@spinynormanbest6410]

Just like her dad

[@robkeeleycomposer]

@@spinynormanbest6410 Was Alan Coren like that, really? Maybe I'm remembering through rose-tinted headphones, but I thought he was genuinely clever - more a 'humourist' than a comedian. He was great on ISIHAC.

[@MrPercy112]

@SpinyNormanBest: her Dad wouldn’t have made such a stupid error of judgement.

[@mesolithicman164]

No. Alan Coren was not like her. At all. He was affable and very amusing. She seems to have rich kid syndrome.

[@jacquelineithell307]

Totally agree well bloody said 👏 👍 👌

[@yvonnelowe1707]

There should be a law against people making false claims of racism

[@polarbear7791]

Well, that'll keep the courts busy for the next 50,000 years.

[@ragnarok7976]

Lol don't give the government and legislators anymore power.

[@theredrooms2079]

Absolutely vile behaviour from that woman

[@sirbarnabyst.johntoffingto9017]

Quite sexy though!

[@peterobertson1457]

She's a typical left -wing hypocrite. Very well done Leo. 👍🏻

[@dianethibault4265]

the corens are the munsters of today

[@gusgibsaints]

All people are hypocrites. Left, right or middle!

[@gusgibsaints]

She's not Left wing.

[@AndrewMarkely]

An Englishman's favorite Scotsman

[@TK421-53]

Also typically “right” wing to pretend this was the government “spending money” and doing “charity”, but actually settling a UK debt to Iran, as in: “UK to hand over the £400m debt that arises from the UK non-delivery of Chieftain tanks bought by Iran but then withheld by the UK after the Shah of Iran was overthrown”

[@riggers1977]

Jeez that stand up routine at the end wasn’t just awkward…it was fuckin painful!🤮 I think at this stage wokeism has become an extremist puritanical religion; any heretic who doesn’t bow down at the sacred altar is deemed a witch & must be dealt with. It’s actually quite sad to see fellow humans turn into such abject snivelling cowards & go along with this nonsense. Well done Leo. Keep fighting the good fight sir!💪

[@edturner9670]

Yep, I don't think Leo's intro prepared me for how truly shite the small snippet of her stand-up routine was going to be. Comedy aside, expressing a true honest opinion that doesn't quite fit the "safe" herd narrative is now considered repugnant and inflammatory. People are often far too quick to get the branding iron out from the hot coals and poke it in a person's direction before they've even taken the time to digest and process someone else's opinion. Debate and open discussion without fear of being branded is good and healthy. Certain words are thrown around all too readily now to describe someone as just a means to shut them down quickly. When repeated often enough, others will buy into it with zero evidence or foundation for fear that they'll also be branded the same way.

[@riggers1977]

@@edturner9670yeah when I was a lad if someone was labelled ‘racist’ then it meant they either beat the drum at NF marches or actively engaged in the pursuit of harming folk due to their ethnicity (either physically or verbally) Now the term ‘racist’ simply means ‘somebody who openly disagrees with the far left’ The same way ‘toxic masculinity’ is thrown at any male who engages in manly pursuits & doesn’t mince around like he’s had his balls cut off

[@jimmyselsmark7346]

I took the liberty of sending this to my ex wife to get her view on this. Funny enough she, as an Iranian (or Persian as she prefers to call it since she doesn't agree with the current state of the country) didn't find it racist at all.

[@sarahemerson6567]

The entitlement of this woman is breathtaking

[@lmurphy6333]

100%

[@privacyfirst2790]

Which one? The foreigner or the unfunny middle class twit?

[@pfcsantiago8852]

Which one ?

[@jpgduff]

@@pfcsantiago8852 Don't be a dick.

[@neuralwarp]

She really is a piece of work. Dr David Starkey was on a panel show alongside her once, and rightly pointed out that he was the only panellist whose career wasn't inherited from his parents. She was furious and spent the rest of the show shutting him down.

[@sozilla]

Poor David Mitchell, having to deal with that every single day

[@wasspj]

He's no better.

[@gordoniredale2234]

Poor lad

[@smadcore]

@@wasspj Yeah, but at least he's funny.

[@wasspj]

@@smadcore Relatively, maybe, but in absolute terms he's about as funny as a barbed wire enema.

[@smadcore]

@@wasspj 'Peep Show' and "That Mitchell and Webb Look'? I know comedy is relative, but you have crap taste.

[@jdog2345]

We have had the same here in Canada…wasted money for ungrateful people. We love your humour here and we are all standing up to these individuals now.

[@lavrentizapadni747]

A brilliant put-down of a woman (am I allowed to say that word?!) who reeks of privilege and nepotism - well done, Leo!

[@davidbetts9332]

Got her start because of her dad...same as her brother.

[@tonyoliver2750]

She's definitely a woman. A comedian nahh.

[@spudpud-T67]

@@tonyoliver2750 How dare you assume she is a woman!

[@michaelmacdonell4834]

You are allowed to say it. It's clear that you are a misogynist, so go ahead.

[@Kaiserbill99]

@@michaelmacdonell4834 You are clearly part of the problem. Coren uses the race card to try and shut down debate and now you are using the misogynist card. There is nothing remotely misogynistic about the original comment. Coren is a woman, is privileged because she is independent school and Oxbridge educated, and has clearly prospered from her family connections i.e. from nepotism. The "am I allowed to use that word" comment relates to the current climate of lunacy and gnashing of teeth over gender identification. Tool.

[@chumneywarner8147]

"ya fanny" Brilliant Leo, summed her up so well 👏👏👏

[@thirdactwarrior317]

Leo, I only became aware of you recently, but it's been a great discovery. You are funny AF and your social commentary is spot on. Sadly, we are losing this kind of comedy in the US.

[@jesperlykkeberg7438]

You have Ryan Long (Canadian in US) currently one of the best social commentary comedians.

[@garywright7127]

I'd love to see Leo on gutfeld

[@ao1996]

@@jesperlykkeberg7438 came here to say that BOYSBOYSBOYSBOYSBOYS

[@jackflash743]

who the f---------------- is she, never heard of her

[@stumccabe]

Leo, I'm a miserable old bastard and it's pretty near impossible to get a smile out of me, never mind a laugh, but when I heard your joke I genuinely laughed out loud - it was brilliantly funny. I have no idea how anyone could have interpreted it as racist - that's absurd. An equally funny quip you made recently was about your dad being killed by a meercat.

[@LeoKearse]

Hahaha thanks Stu!

[@Strength-in-Union]

@@LeoKearse I laughed at the polo mint and hairy-hole jokes

[@Strength-in-Union]

They were jokes?

[@eamonnclabby7067]

I,m quite balanced as Irishmen go, I have a chip on each shoulder....sorry dad joke alert...great speech sir....best wishes from the wirral peninsula bounded by the mersey and the Dee and the Irish sea...geography and rhyme.....E

[@MrKeefy1967]

Seriously? Laughed out loud? What do you do to Benny Hill? Piss yourself?

[@angryherbalgerbil]

"I might shag sheep, but at least I give them a polo mint afterwards!" 😂 Dying! 🤣🤣🤣

[@Ai-dz7ys]

Nothing worse than a woke comedian. Nothing.

[@terrypussypower]

The phrase “woke comedian” is a contradiction in terms!

[@Hanamy7777]

A rainy day in Lewisham comes close though.

[@soothsayer1964]

"woke comedian" - oxymoron, surely.

[@aldhous]

@@Hanamy7777 Rainy days in Lewisham can be positively embellished with the use of street-purchased narcotics. Woke comedians, unfortunately, can't.

[@unforseenconsequense]

I'd argue a woke prime minister does more damage

[@Aspartame69]

Amazing that she defends jimmy carr for a perfectly acceptable but definitionally racist joke, yet chastises kearse for questioning the return on a 400 million investment. Its almost as though a nice english accent gets you quite far with the aristocracy.

[@jimmycampbell78]

Class discrimination and virtue signalling, both more than okay in her world

[@iamthepiemaster]

Not that amazing when you think about it. Victoria is part of the TV "in crowd". And if you want to *stay* part of it, this comes with certain expectations - you need to be left wing, or if you are not left wing at least express sentiment that is generally left wing, or at the very minimum not say anything that could be construed as "right wing". So when she defended Jimmy Carr (which she did either because she believed it, or she was sticking up for her friend, or maybe both) that probably raised a few eyebrows. There were people who challenged her on it in public, but probably even more behind the scenes - TV executives and fellow talent wanting to make sure that she was really "on their side" and that they could continue to invite her on all the panel shows etc. She was probably freaked out enough at this that she decided to take the first opportunity she could find to do some good old virtue signalling. Pick a soft target on a TV channel that is hated by the mainstream in-crowd and call them racist. Simple - she has now proved her credentials and is back in the club.

[@matap3021]

@@iamthepiemaster Very erudite, Spot on. no more comments needed.

[@spudpud-T67]

She obviously racist.

[@lordmaximus780]

Britain owed Iran £400m for a legitimate debt. The fact it took decades to pay and the eventual release of an innocent dual national citizen as a bargaining chip, is not a good look for the UK. The victim in all of this seems to be the butt of the joke. Surely we should be making jokes about the utter incompetence and neglect of the UK government, or the Iranian governments cynical approach to resolving an overdue debt. But i guess GB News folks prefer punching down.

[@jimthompson9370]

What a fantastic video. I hope everyone watches it to the end. She perfectly encapsulates the BBC culture and bias.

[@paulsmith2577]

Well I'm glad I missed her stand up phase, because that was truly painful.

[@patagualianmostly7437]

Yeah...my thoughts exactly: What a wooden performance....painful to listen to.

[@DudeSilad]

@@patagualianmostly7437 To be fair, she was only a fat 15 year old virgin. Well, probably not a virgin.

[@Bytheirfruitsshall]

Cold fish can't be funny

[@josephlennon8475]

Victoria Coren, intelligent? No. Victoria Coren, funny? No. She attempts to mix intellect with comedy during the quiz show she hosts, and fails miserably. She has got where she is today purely by family connections to the BBC. She has little or no talent, but has still been handed everything on a plate.

[@pizzaboy3946]

Have never laughed at her slightly clever but dull jokes on Only Connect. Her hubby, a very talented comic, must cringe when he watches it.

[@mattsmith1173]

But is she worth knocking one out over?? You godamn right she is

[@josephlennon8475]

@@mattsmith1173 Yes, she is.

[@patthewoodboy]

its called white privilege by people like her

[@bennyhillschineseblokechar3689]

Victoria Coren! Cor!!

[@marktcards]

If only she critiqued the disgusting things her brother says in his Times column as much as here!

[@streglof]

It was a joke, designed to elicit laughter, which it did.

[@VestinVestin]

Have you read that Twitter soliloquy? Victoria spends about 6 sentences on how Diane is stupid and evil for having been excessively amused by it! I'm not kidding - look it up. She gives Diane significantly more crap for laughing at the joke than Leo for making it!

[@talon53]

We can all see through her wokism. Top marks for calling her out Leo.

[@BulletProof_Viking]

She clearly sees race in everything which is probably the best definition of a racist

[@dennisstaines8005]

The joke is not racist in any way. I believe Victoria is virtue signalling and after she said it she realized it was a epic mistake but has to be seen to be right and can't back down. She is hoping to wear you down but it has failed. It is always the same if they can't win the argument they try to humiliate people with banal, ill founded and empty comments with no substance. Really like your channel and keep going.

[@HansBezemer]

Virtue signalling. People who have nothing going for themselves often seek the moral high ground, because there is nothing else that can make them feel superior to other people.

[@mrsc120]

Yep, narcissitic, hypocritical word salad.

[@jovialgent9963]

You'd think being married to a comedian would help her understand what a joke is! 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@boneav83]

Mitchell is about as funny as AIDS

[@darunealbane]

Her whole ideology is a joke ..

[@richardrichard688]

Nah, she's a woman. Women don't get jokes they just laugh at the jokes of guys they fancy.

[@darunealbane]

@@richardrichard688 you see the lady who though she got no LoLs because she was a women so did her act as a man .. Bombed harder

[@noalarms4618]

I wonder whether he married her before or after she ate all the pies?

[@1graybags]

Victoria Coren must really regret her attempted smug attention seeking comment

[@john-ic5pz]

tbh, narcissists never regret anything. they're incapable of it.

[@WyreForestBiker]

Nothing like her Dad who was so watchable and by all accounts one of the nicest people on TV .

[@anyoldorion]

I never knew Alan was her dad.. He was a funny man.

[@taffwob]

He was a real wit, funniest thing on The News Quiz back when it was funny.

[@Jack-fs2im]

Did she inherit her BBC job

[@bwghall1]

she is a major KAREN ,,IN THE MAKING

[@mikipiediaelburro7588]

@Briddy Hll lol..Victoria 'Karen'Coren...the double barrelled name she's always wanted

[@ForzaVryheid]

She should ask her husband if THEY'RE the baddies

[@robertpayne4033]

"Why have you got this certificate...." Cracked me up; the delivery was just PERFECT!

[@rjim1]

Absolutely smashed it once again, Leo! 👏

[@Battismore-Blue]

I did find it strange that having been released after however many years missing her daughter growing up she chose to get in front of a camera rather than spent time with her husband and daughter

[@michaelmacdonell4834]

I guess you expect everyone to bow and scrape to you, then.

[@nickmiller76]

The husband and daughter are incidental. She needed them to get established in the UK. What she's actually here for will become apparent over the next year or five I guess.

[@StewartWild]

😂 damn, you absolutely knocked this one out of the park 😂 I could not stop laughing and nodding furiously

[@ART-ev8up]

Saying Iranians are inherently ungrateful - unacceptable and racist. Saying English are inherently racist - acceptable.

[@herseem]

But actually, he didn't say that it was applicable to all Iranians. He was joking that her name specifically was the Iranian word for 'ungrateful', so it wasn't an attack on all Iranians anyway

[@ivorbiggun710]

Totally agree but I'm pretty sure I can hear a slight Scottish accent in Leo. It's very subtle though.

[@davemac1197]

It would be true to say that saying the English are inherently racist would be unacceptably ungrateful.

[@davepike7546]

@@davemac1197 Yeah, it's fair enough to say some English people are racist, think Leo is Scottish, so maybe spread the net wider and say British. We owed them the £400m and were hiding behind sanctions, so they kidnapped some Brits. Sounds reasonable, I'd probably do something drastic for 400 million.

[@davemac1197]

@@davepike7546 - sounds totally unreasonable to me. There are reasons why you don't pay ransoms to kidnappers and this ungrateful woman has only added to them.

[@mightymeatball8535]

as bernard manning would say "she's about as funny as a burning orphanage"

[@gooderspitman8052]

In these silly times, being called Racist is a badge of honour, in a world where irony lingers in prison and comedy is dead.

[@pablorages1241]

David to Victoria : "Are we the baddies ?"

[@redtobertshateshandles]

Yes. We're c..ts.

[@pads-zr9ln]

What a waste of money, send her back, they can keep the money

[@louc2464]

it was their money. the uk government, for various reasons, refused to give it back for 40 odd years. it was a debt that uk owed iran. it was always iranian money, paid by iran, to uk, for goods it never received. it was paid back, not given as a bribe. it was like me saying i would paint your fence, taking the money but never buying the paint or indeed painting your fence. if i then gave you the money back, would i be doing you a favour? would you see it as me giving you some money? i think you wouldn't see it that way.

[@pelocitdarney5718]

Oops, I've just clicked on 'Like'. I can now expect a visit by the thought police.

[@pads-zr9ln]

@@louc2464 for fucks sake someone missed the fucking JOKE

[@Strength-in-Union]

@@louc2464 But in the same way, if we had agreed to provide high tech weapons to the Afghan government, would you expect the UK to now provide those weapons to the Taliban, following their forced (and brutal) take over of Afghanistan? Not that they need any, as the Americans ensured there was plenty left for them anyway.

[@louc2464]

@@Strength-in-Union i agree with you. they are all bastards, putting us little people in constant peril.

[@helenromanelli2544]

self righteousness and an inability to admit error--classic hallmarks of the narcissist. Congratulations Victoria.

[@josephberrie9550]

another female who lacks any modicum of humour

[@chatham43]

.....no wonder she gave up stand-up judging from that clip.....vulnerable elderly people seem fair game....what do they call it....oh yeah....ageism.....but that's acceptable...

[@dax8753]

woke = hypocrite

[@mesolithicman164]

But when you're that young with zero life experience, privately educated, what the fuck are you going to talk about? It was a bunch of directionless rubbish from someone that probably got the gig on the basis of her surname.

[@Bowdon]

It's always interesting when highly educated people can't use the language to actually express a coherent point.

[@kennztube]

As Leo says highly educated doesn't mean intelligent.

[@nigelcarren]

@@kennztube Ken, I have just written a short story called 'The academic and the barrel' based upon my most recent TRULY shocking experience with not just a self-proclaimed 'educated' specialist, but a self-proclaimed 'expert' in my field (arms and armour restoration). My encounter with this particular PhD waver, remains one of the most pitiful yet hilarious moments of my reluctant career! I raise my mug of tea to you Sir! 🏆 Best wishes to you from a French forest. ⚒️

[@SteveCowlishaw]

"Highly" educated just makes you sound like Donald Trump though tbf. It makes you seem like a nursery drop out.

[@jamie-ol8dm]

Now matter how highly educated you are.If you don’t have a coherent point you can’t express it.

[@MrPercy112]

@Tydeus: eh? Run that by again, but this time coherently, ta.

[@kapstarkysocialpolitics7819]

Her defence of Jimmy Carr as a 'decent person' is the funniest thing ive heard from her. Of course Jimmy is so decent and an upstanding citizen that he managed to weave his way around the system to avoid paying tax in the UK, all the while millions of working class people in the country are having their taxes going up and doing their best to pay them off just to keep a roof over their head. What a guy, eh?

[@zippy_uk1046]

Victoria and her husband are part of the post modern comedy trend of comedy without anything to laugh at. Thats because jokes that are funny are passe (and require hard work and takent to write/deliver)

[@chelseapoet3664]

I find her husband funny but she has barely raised a smile let alone a laugh

[@arsenvokrug4198]

Leo, mate, you’re the best! You had me wetting myself at 8:30. Once upon a time, I would have been willing to give this woman the benefit of my attention but now I know that she’s an unfunny wokeist, she’ll have to go without!

[@paulhanson5164]

I've removed her from my celebrity shag list, so many of them are now woke I've only got Julia Sawalah, Anna Richardson and the woman from the Shake n Vac adverts left.

[@ellie698]

She's riding on the BBC gravy train. Too much cash on offer to those who are willing to sell their souls

[@billgreen576]

Good observation Leo. And an education too. I wondered why the amusing and erudite Giles had disappeared from our TV screens. Did he by any chance say something critical of the Government? No chance Victoria could go on hunger strike in support of her brother. How long would it take for us to notice?

[@rphrph167]

Well this act by Ms Coren-Mitchell has destroyed any liking I had for her and her public persona. Calling Leo a racist was just an error of fact but it’s the classist hypocrisy she shows in the different actions against Jimmy Carr and Leo. Pathetic!!

[@rphrph167]

Can everyone please note that in my comment above I never called Ms Coren-Mitchell fat fat fat!!…but she is starting to look a little old….

[@philbarrett3739]

That is a shame. I naively thought that she was better than the shows she normally appears on.

[@GaryWayneHill64]

She's always came across as a bit holier-than-thou to me, looks like I was right.

[@Michael-4]

Can't stand her and her other half. Her dad will be turning in his grave.

[@paulinegallagher7821]

HIGNFY is the most leftist, smuggest, unfunniest political news show ever. Its gone on about 15 years longer than it should have, with presenters reading off an autocue too obviously (Victoria, that means you) and people on it who are good at pretending to know about politics. And as for Iran, WHY do people still stand up for that country?

[@philmckenna5709]

Why would you think that? She comes across as a gobshite within a minute or two of watching her. I mean, I get that she's probably got a similar accent to you, i.e one of your caste, and you think that's intrinsically got merit, but it still doesn't absolve you if discernment 🙄🤌🏻💦🐍

[@nickdac8190]

Great clip!! One of the funniest & (most informative) 15 minutes I’ve enjoyed in a while!! Thanks 🙏😂🤣

[@aidensholeh3696]

One of the best comedians out there. Thanks Leo.

[@LeoKearse]

Thanks Aiden!

[@sosimple3585]

She only had to apologize to you, but that would have been too shame shaming.

[@martinsolomon5500]

You are brilliant. Highly articulate, witty and like so many Scottish comedians - typically sharp and genuine. Very good upload.

[@mikealman9259]

"It's like a babysitter showing a certificate saying they weren't a paedophile" had me literally LOL.

[@duartecid3978]

Victoria: “My dog’s got no nose.” Leo: "Oh really, how does it smell?" Victoria: "In a broad sense, dog nose anatomy refers to the external nose and its associated nasal cartilages. Again, it also refers to the internal nose or nasal cavity with its conchae and meatus. A muzzle is the common structure of the facial part of the respiratory system and the rostral part of the digestive system. You will find a long muzzle in the dolichocephalic dogs and a shorter in the brachycephalic breeds. Now, I will provide the main anatomical features from the external part of the nose and the nasal cavity in short. But, make sure you will learn the details anatomical facts of the dog nose from the specific part of this article..."

[@LeoKearse]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@robkeeleycomposer]

That's very good!

[@therogers4432]

THE BEST COMMENT I HAVE EVER READ ON THE INTERNET, and infinitely funnier than anything the BBC has produced since circa 1990... 😂👍 Congatulations, and I look forward to seeing other comments from you in the future... Also... I have never met you, but I suspect that like myself you suffer-from/revel-in the lesser-known Psychological Condition of O.C.P.D.*? *Obsessively-Compulsively Pedantic Disorder 😉👍

[@svenhaheim]

Victoria and David are the types that see Racism everywhere all the time.

[@themartiandefender2128]

She's typical of these wokists who think they're the bastions of all things good and yet miss the whole irony of how that is the exact opposite of what these people actually are ! Great video Leo & keep the comedy coming please !!

[@1lighthorse]

My parents talked about their first oranges and things. It was so annoying, I mean their parents fought in two world wars and lived through the great depression. They only had one world war and rationing until Dad was drafted. Bloody privileged they were. This poor girl has truly suffered, she didn't get her first iPhone until she was four!

[@mikehunt8968]

"Some of the hairest bum holes I've ever seen!" ROTFPMSLMFAO! 🤣🤣🤣

[@Baddad36]

I believe I remember her father, Alan Coren, blacked up as the first British black Queen in a satire show on the BBC in the 70's or 80's. Bit of hypocrisy there I feel.

[@williamw7233]

Probably a pedo

[@gregsmith1070]

Alan was brilliant back in the day, and v wittty

[@berlinmitte10117]

You make a valid point - the throwing around of the term 'racist' for things that are clearly not devalues and disempowers the term when it is ever truly needed. Why should we think like the Britain-hating woke Liberal 'elites?' Sorry - I have a brain in my head - I can form my opinions thank-you. Keep it up Leo - the voice of sanity

[@annother3350]

It was because the left had been told to hate GB news so she made a kind of auto response of disdaine. It's the same kind of nonsense you'll find in the comments of any Geoff norcott video

[@spudpud-T67]

You have a brain - that's racist.

[@josefschiltz2192]

Well, I'm a Liberal, I don't hate Britain, I'm certainly not an elite - most definitely not! I'm not a wokist and I laughed at the joke. Erm . . . Does that make me a Not-Liberal? - plus a few other Liberals of my aquaintance who also enjoyed the joke - which certainly wasn't racist!

[@annother3350]

@@josefschiltz2192 You're probably a traditional liberal like myself, not a neo-liberal which is completely different

[@josefschiltz2192]

@@annother3350 Very probably. I tend to have trust issues with anything 'neo'. Especially when the 'neo' disenables the traditional true spirit of Liberalism which is then conflated and ensnared with something that we aren't. As Rory Stewart observed, during a talk, after his resignation from the Conservative party, that the political landscape is now 'U' shaped, with two upper extremeties, the one glaring at the other across a gaping abyss. The voice of the true and traditional liberalism being lost in the mutually antagonistic screaming noise above.

[@Knotweed007]

I'm grateful to Victoria for her racist comments to you, if she hadn't made them, I would not have had the belly laughs listening to you response. BTW I agree with you completely, I found it very funny.

[@jasonclarke104]

What an absolutely world class rant of a response! Quality

[@denisvermeirre1024]

Hi Leo. Interesting because I was told to call the language "Iranian" and not "Farsi" by a school friend whose family had left the country after 1979. According to him, the name Farsi was politically loaded and its use lent support to the intolerant government in Iran, and many opponents preferred simply calling it Iranian.

[@LeoKearse]

Wow, that's interesting to know! Thanks

[@DieFlabbergast]

That's nonsense. Iran is a multi-ethnic, multi-language country. Calling Persian "Iranian" is an insult to those Iranians who speak another language, such as Azeri or Balochi. The equivalent is calling English "British." There is no such language, which makes it perfect for the purposes of this joke. It's like "XX is the American for XY" (hint: there is no language called "American").

[@beeb5872]

​@@DieFlabbergastOnly one slight thing; there is in fact a distinction for English. British English, American English and Australian English are all separate dialects due to a few differences here and there. Not quite as major as the differences between Iranian languages I'm guessing but it's enough to distinguish the three.

[@bobinscotland]

@@DieFlabbergast When someone uses the termAmerican to do with language, you can be sure that it is because of some sort of change they made to the original English, so the criticism of its use in the way you outlined would be perfectly fine.... same with Iranian, IRAN simply being the modern word for Persia, with FARSI being the Persian word for Persia and the main language used there. I get the feeling we lost the joke in these mists some time ago.

[@thewoodster8607]

Having dealt with numerous Iranian people over the last two years, I can confirm that your school friend is incorrect and they all respond to, 'Do you speak Farsi or Kurdish-Sorani'. No-one every replied, 'Neither. mate. I speak Iranian.'

[@freerangefool3121]

I'm a fan of Victoria Coren but very disappointed that she doubled down on her baseless comment. Glad that you called her out. She failed to defend her allegation miserably.

[@anitamaney1864]

I think Ms Coren might like to explain why she is called a comedian. Whenever she does her little introductory or finishing quips when she presents Only Connect I don't think I have even twitched my lips. Sigh, eyes rolling.

[@thedativecase9733]

She doesn't even write those herself either. Just a bland talking head.

[@skylar7740]

The most shocking thing is that Victoria was called a comedian. When was she funny as I must have missed it.

[@barbara-annperry5941]

She is a joke not a comedian.

[@richardrichard688]

I think it was when she said the word "banana". That's a funny sounding word don't ya know?

[@barbara-annperry5941]

@@richardrichard688 Only when the minions in despicable me films say banana 🍌

[@robkeeleycomposer]

She's a game-show host. That's about it.

[@njd2342]

She's a total joke?

[@chriscruise4943]

My God, the stand up at the end!

[@zzota]

Much as I like Victoria, she's definitely wrong in this case.

[@GW-jw9vs]

@H you mean cancel her. Dose that not make you as bad as her.

[@countessbathory5360]

@H LMAO you know you can separate the art from the artist right? I completely disagree with her opinion on this but that doesn't mean I can't like the work she's done

[@lookandlisten5740]

@@countessbathory5360 - you can indeed separate the art from the artist.. If only people would give Hitler more credit for his paintings instead of fixating on how he started WW2 and the Holocaust.... But no, just like Victoria they just jump to conclusions.

[@tonberrykinged]

@H C'mon that's silly. I have friends who I disagree with over all manner of things. The push and the pull is part of the fun. Victoria was wrong here, but I still like her. She's smart and - sometimes - quite witty.

[@robkeeleycomposer]

@@tonberrykinged I may be wrong, but I suspect all her witty comments on Only Connect are scripted by someone else, just as for the (actually rather splendid) Unbelievable Truth as her husband reads from a script.

[@neilpatterson1615]

A hereditary BBC presenter: enough said!

[@Bytheirfruitsshall]

Is she related to the Dimbleby-dombleby - refried Freuds as well? Or is she just Anton Decks Mummy?

[@kathyian1]

I am with you…I felt exactly the same. Why visit a country you have escaped from for a free’r way of life and think they would not use that to punish her and make a few million at the same time? If she wanted them to meet their grandchild why not meet in a neutral country or could they have visited her over here? Her poor husband and daughter.

[@stephen4032]

Thank you, from the people who don't get to have a voice.

[@zedddddful]

She is SO intelligent she's lost the ability to actually make a coherent argument but excellent at obfuscating.

[@jumblestiltskin1365]

And dear friend is what all of the culture wars are based on. The truth and facts dont matter.

[@robertpayne4033]

The most accurate way of identifying a racist is to look to the one who insists that anything and everything is racist. They have absolutely no self-awareness, or understanding of irony.

[@juddtamlet]

People who falsely ACCUSE others of racism (with intent) should be held responsible for intent to harm DEFINITELY

[@simonpoole6357]

If you’ve ever seen Only Connect you’d know Ms Coren combines the wit of Arthur Mullard with the comic timing of Bernie Winters.

[@gusgibsaints]

I disagree entirely. I only watch Only Connect because she makes it awkwardly wonderful...and she's always funny on QI!

[@billpugh58]

It’s not for dullards😂

[@prideofdurham4776]

If racist is being patriotic then I am racist and entitled to MY OWN OPINION and not that of some overrated 'celebrity'.

[@spawnofnamaah]

to be a comedian you need at least a sense of humor, I think Victoria doesn't classify

[@policesquad]

She married David Mitchell, that's pretty funny.

[@vareast]

... and you need people to laugh with you, not at you....

[@policesquad]

@@fookorf That's a bit of a convoluted way of admitting that you are a huge fan of "rightwing grift comedy," whatever TF that is?

[@leonrussell9607]

The funniest thing about Victoria is her husband

[@markbarrett8180]

To be fair you also need to be funny - this fellow isn’t

[@euan.minton]

She is about as funny as a bad dose of crabs keep up the good and hilarious work Leo

[@horizo5979]

That joke is funnier than her whole career

[@juancarlosmateo8453]

I love this man! He says it as it really is. Bravo!

[@stephenphillips6888]

Saying “It’s Iranian for ungrateful” is funnier than saying “It’s Farsi for ungrateful” even if you know they speak Farsi in Iran. Was she so keen to impress us with her general knowledge that she forgot how comedy works?

[@RetroRespawn]

This is basically how her husband operates on Would I Lie to You?

[@daniel.lopresti]

@@RetroRespawn But I would argue his pedantic rants actually work to great comedic value on WILTY, it's all part of his persona and barb-trading with Lee.

[@paulinegallagher7821]

@@daniel.lopresti I agree. Being pedantic is funny when its deliberately done for comic effect. When its done to make an argument on Twitter, especially arguing against a joke, its pathetic nit picking

[@iangascoigne8231]

It’s funny how he talks about classism while engaging in it himself. Obviously doesn’t see they irony.

[@stephenphillips6888]

@@iangascoigne8231 Remind me.

[@maddthomas]

Dude I wasn't ready for that, you picking hair out of your teeth....I nearly pissed myself.

[@robkeeleycomposer]

You gotta watch Leo. Nothing wasted!

[@witchamacallit]

Yes that was Leo perhaps being a little hirsuteist don't ya think!

[@avulonanderson2372]

Yeah, that end clip really was shite. What an excellent rant bravo.

[@Toracube]

Comedy should be judged on whether a joke is funny and not by a Karen needing some attention.

[@angioman64]

Why on earth did she stop doing stand-up? What a loss to Live at the Apollo.

[@yessanknow302]

Sarcasm alert!

[@mesolithicman164]

By today's standards she'd be moderately good-ish. If her husband wrote her material.

[@StevenCovey-ct3sx]

I can see why Iran let her go. She will cause far more harm here.

[@chasleask8533]

Never underestimate the capability of an officially declared 'intelligent' bird , to reveal their undisputed stupidity .