tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609412.post2290518008003216669..comments2023-07-14T03:43:32.892+12:00Comments on "Keeping Up With Myself...": APauled?BJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01836871676533938956noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609412.post-65918766968402737422009-12-21T11:56:15.323+13:002009-12-21T11:56:15.323+13:00"Paul Henry's employers have upheld a com..."Paul Henry's employers have upheld a complaint against him over comments he made about singer Susan Boyle.<br /><br />The Breakfast presenter made comments on his show about Boyle, describing her as "retarded". Boyle was born with minor brain damage and has learning difficulties.<br /><br />TVNZ has upheld the complaints on the grounds of "good taste and decency".<br /><br />Henry said he never intended to cause offence.<br /><br />"It upsets me greatly that anyone would imagine I had intended to cause offence or hurt over this or any issue.<br /><br />"I am sorry that some people have taken what I said in a way that I never intended," he said in a statement.<br /><br />The TVNZ complaints committee found that although Henry meant his comments to be "humorous", they found that the language and manner of Henry would have offended a "significant number of viewers"."<br /><br />http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10616795BJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01836871676533938956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609412.post-39367658954741011362009-12-03T15:19:29.643+13:002009-12-03T15:19:29.643+13:00I have a problem where I get the giggles at some o...I have a problem where I get the giggles at some of the most inappropriate times. It doesn't happen all the time, but happens enough for it to have offended from time to time. It's not that I actually find whatever it is funny... it just happens.<br /><br />I'm guessing that Paul might be the same and if that's the case, I actually feel for him. There's nothing like knowing you're coming across like an insensitive prick when you're not actually finding the thing being talk about, funny.Frankhttp://servant.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609412.post-42441580574832869062009-12-02T09:09:23.399+13:002009-12-02T09:09:23.399+13:00I hadn't seen the footage until watching the l...I hadn't seen the footage until watching the link you provided. I reckon if he had just said "retarded" the uproar - while still being there - would have been much smaller. <br /><br />I think the outrage is more over the fact that he appeared to find it all very amusing. For me, the part that made me do a double take was when he laughed at the idea of Boyle being starved of oxygen at birth. Maybe there was something behind the scenes going on, but it did appear very off.Rhettnoreply@blogger.com