The string of letters were, as usual, randomly picked and came out as
“A, O, O, E, D, R, P, F, T”
Matt Gould, one of the contestants was asked to read out his answer and then he began giggling.
Robinson did not react and instead moved the show swiftly on, calling for fellow contestant Roy to reveal his answer: “Proofed.”
His seven-letter answer was a “rude word,” he told host Anne Robinson. “I know [it] is in the dictionary, ‘poofter’,” he said according to PinkNews who say
“Countdown viewers enraged contestant ‘cheerfully’ saying homophobic slur”
People in the gay community have questioned why C4 bosses didn’t edit out the word “poofter” as one of the answers, in the words round.
C4 said “The airing of the word was an error of judgement. It does not align with our values and we apologise for any offence caused,” a spokesperson said.
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