Tasteless Joke On Itv

[vernonk]

Richard Arnold asking Berry Gordy if Stevie Wonder has seen the Motown show. Very poor taste

[Old_Geezer]

I've heard of one of those people.

I think that you're probably being oversensitive. It's a weak joke, deliberately poor taste, but fairly innocuous. Hardly worth pointing out.

[RATTER15]

I agree with OG. I don't think Stevie Wonder would be bothered about it to be honest.

[RATTER15]

Stevie takes his blind less quite well. Media URL: https://youtu.be/qqrvm2XDvpQ
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[RATTER15]

*Blindness *

[andy-hughes]

Did Mr Arnold say it with a nasty smirk on his face? Did he laugh afterwards? If not, then it was not a ‘joke’ tasteless or otherwise – it was a simple conversational expression that I am sure blind people encounter all the time, and accept.

It was Richard Arnold, not Frankie Boyle – I think you are looking for offence where none was intended, or taken – especially by Mr Wonder who was not present at the time.

[Old_Geezer]

They're not a stickler for keeping your hands on the steering wheel in the States then ?

[Boto]

Once again let's be offended on someone else's behalf.

[Islay]

It wasn't a joke!! RA asked the person he was interviewing if SW had seen the musical as SW is covered in the said musical. It was not meant to be offensive or funny.

[jim360]

I had a friend at University who was blind. I would have been very careful to avoid references to sight, etc -- until, that is, he would say hello to me with "ah, nice to see you again!" -- at which point I realised it was silly to worry about it. He was probably more bothered at school when kids would say something like "See you tomorrow then OOOOOH GOD I'm SO SORRY!!"

Let people be offended, or not, on their own behalf.

[andy-hughes]

I'd agree with that jim.

Most blind people would rather people referred to 'seeing', and everyone knowing what they meant, rather than walking on conversational eggshells and then being mortified when the inevitable gaff occurred.

[gingejbee]

"Tasteless joke".....no. "Innocent, inadvertent question"...yes.

[IggyB]

Is that the same Richard Arnold that tried to high five stevie wonder once. He wasn't being funny then either... just dense

[bibblebub]

the word 'see' also means to visit / attend, doesn't just mean using the sense of sight

[douglas9401]

Richard Arnold? He's the guy who wrote the book on inane forced laughter and utter vacuity in daytime TV.
His story of counselling and rehab after this will be serialised in Hiya magazine in coming weeks.

[horselady]

I work with a blind lady who says "see you tomorrow" at the end of every day, it's never dawned on me until now that this could be an odd comment. They see in their own way, just different to us sighted people.

[Georgiesmum]

Blindness? I think you mean sight loss.

[hc4361]

Sight loss? I think you mean visual impairment.

[douglas9401]

No, blindness.