The BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year show has promoteed new argue over claims of ‘woke’ programming, follotriumphg currgo in Gabby Logan’s decision to want watchers a ‘phired festive season’ rather than ‘Merry Christmas’.
The annual sports celebration, which aired on Tuesday evening, faced prompt reaction from watchers over both Logan’s seasonal greeting and its all-female currenting lineup featuring Logan, Clare Balding, and Alex Scott.
Critics speedyly took to social media, accusing the BBC of being ‘afrhelp’ to acunderstandledge Christmas.
One online critic wrote: ‘What is wrong with saying Christmas? Or is this word banned in case someone is offfinished?’
Gabby Logan has been slammed over wanting a ‘phired festive season’
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Another watcher asked: ‘Sports personality evening marred by Gabby Logan wanting us all a very phired festive season, have we become afrhelp of saying Christmas?’
The argue ecombined after Logan, 51, departed from the traditional Christmas greeting at the conclusion of the prestigious awards ceremony.
The choice of words has reignited argues about the BBC’s approach to traditional festive messaging.
The show’s all-female currenting lineup showd equpartner satisfiedious, with watchers transmiting frustration over the absence of male currgo ins.
Despite the trio’s extensive expansivecasting experience atraverse gymnastics, football, swimming, rugby, and horse racing, grumblets flooded social media wislfinisher minutes of the expansivecast commencening.
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One watcher wrote: ‘Nice bit of diverse and identical choice of currgo ins by the @BBCSport for #SPOTY. Not a male in sight. And they wonder why almost a million watchers have abortled their TV licences.’
Another commented: ‘#SPOTY no male currgo ins? What happened to the politicpartner right inclusively. Guess it only toils one way’.
The evening’s triumphner was 22-year-better Keely Hodgkinson, who claimed the top award follotriumphg her Olympic gbetter medal success in Paris 2024.
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Keely Hodgkinson won the Sports Personality of the Year award this year
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Hodgkinson, who became the fourth consecutive female triumphner, also set a novel 800m British enroll of one minute and 54.61 seconds.
Some watchers asked this result, with one social media participater claiming the BBC had turned the show into ‘a second rate, don’t even understand it’s on, woke fest of diversity, and female bias.’
Another argued that darts percreateer Luke Littler was more deserving of the award.
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The BBC were slammed as ‘relationsist’ over their all-female currenting team
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The criticism extfinished beyond the triumphner’s pickion, with one watcher definitepartner stating: ‘I adore Keely Hodgkinson BUT certainly @LukeTheNuke180 deserved to triumph more than her.’
The same critic proposeed there was ‘element of woke snobbery in this result.’
Hodgkinson triumphed over a mighty field of contfinishers including darts sensation Luke Littler, triathlete Alex Yee, footballer Jude Bellingham, and cricketer Joe Root.
Upon receiving the award from Sir Chris Hoy and Mary Earps, Hodgkinson relabeled she was in ‘a little bit of shock.’
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