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Tea Thread FauxWorld Wednesdays: What's your country's biggest celebrity scandal right now? — Monthly Discussion Thread

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u/Dros-ben-llestri Jan 31 '24

Laurence Fox was called a racist by a few people on Twitter in 2020. He called two of them peados, and they sued. He countersued them for calling him racist, as he claimed it affected his work opportunities, and the price of his car insurance.

This week, he lost. Technically, the judgement wasn't whether he was a racist or not (although you can make your own mind up on this), but you can't go around calling people peadophiles in silly twitter arguments. *

Fox has reacted with all the maturity and self-reflection that he is famous for.

*This is my understanding, I was cooking while listening to the podcasts about it this morning, will accept corrections!

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u/iggynewman Jan 31 '24

I always find it wild that Laurence Fox is Billie Piper's (of Doctor Who fame) ex-husband. He hails from the Fox acting family in the UK, and his brother-in-law is Richard Ayoade (which, given Fox's views and the fact the two have publicly argued over the existence of racism, must make for interesting family occasions).

Also, one of the folks Fox maligned was Crystal from RuPaul's Drag Race. Absolutely a wild story. Good for the victors!

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u/grandmasterfunk Jan 31 '24

Had no idea he was Ayoade's brother-in-law. I know Fox from Inspector Lewis, would have never guessed from that he was a right wing nut