Food writer Jack Monroe published a scathing Twitter thread.
David Walliams’ best-selling children’s books have been accused of ‘and fat-shaming’, just weeks after the comedian apologised for using blackface in Little Britain.
Food writer Jack Monroe posted a lengthy Twitter thread on Sunday , which began: ‘Small Boy completed his D*vid Walli*ms book collection today, so I finally decided to take a read of the latest. ‘It’s like Little Britain for kids. 37m copies sold? Of this sneering classist fatshaming grim nonsense?’ ‘It’s a recurring theme. And I know I’m sensitive, because me and my Small Boy LIVED in poverty, and Williams-Who-Calls-Himself-Walliams-For-Lolz probably didn’t. Probably doesn’t know anyone who did, which is why working class people are all bland stereotypes in his lazy books.’
‘He writes about the real worlds of children using comedy as a way of confronting many difficult topics, from the ground-breaking The Boy in the Dress to Gangsta Granny, and which should be considered in the wider context of the overall stories.
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