Reader Report: Famous Comedian Defends Jersey Deputy’s Right to Free Speech

World famous comedian, Dan ‘The Fat Man’ Brown has come to the defence of the Jersey Deputy, Gaetan de Lache, who made a social media post that some have called ‘racist’, ‘sexist’ and ‘unfunny’. Deputy de Lache took to 'Twatter' with the words: ‘HAHAHA. Look. It’s a black woman with big hair. Doesn’t she look like that other famous black man… you know the one. I bet if he put a wig on and a dress, he would exactly like her. HAHAHAHA. #PhantomOfTheOprah’. However, not everyone found the 'twat' amusing. Within minutes, social media was full of 'twats' criticising the St Clement deputy. Local journalist Lucile Steppenwolf condemned de Lache, saying that she had a mild unease about the post; “I don’t know exactly why it was racist or sexist, but lots of people said it was, so it must be.’ 

Meanwhile, BBC presenter Dick Tracey also confronted de Lache with the accusation that his 'twat' was racist and sexist, although not saying why, and asked him repeatedly if he would delete the post. When he said that he would not, she said, ‘Fair enough’ and proceeded to ask listeners to phone in saying what their favourite colour was (sources inform us that Mr de Lache favoured a peachy white). 

Defending his comments, de Lache suggested that it was he who was the real victim in all of this. ‘I have a thick skin. I don’t mind being called racist or sexist; but it is being told that my jokes are not funny that really hurts. My family should not have to put up with such hate.’ And it appears that de Lache (a former stand up comedian himself, who worked the circuit of mens clubs in London for two decades in the 1980s and 1990s) has supporters in high places. Dan ‘the Fat Man’ Brown, a life-long friend of de Lache, told JMLR, ‘Nowadays, you can’t even say all blacks look the same without some loony lefty calling you a racist. It’s political correctness gone mad.’ Support was also offered by the former politician, Jim Pilchard, who wrote, ‘F**king WOKE snowflakes. Why don’t you all go away and slash your wrists!’ 

Meanwhile, the Jersey Evening Pravda has been inundated with letter support for the previously unknown deputy, with local bookmaker, Honest Ned, saying that he is now favourite to top the poll in St Clement in 2022 and then to become Chief Minister. ‘It goes to show – all publicity is good publicity.’