Richard Bacon calls out ‘raging hypocrite’ Graham Linehan over posts defending ICE agents
Richard Bacon (left) branded Graham Linehan (right) a ‘raging hypocrite’. (Getty)
Richard Bacon (left) branded Graham Linehan (right) a 'raging hypocrite'. (Getty)
Radio DJ Richard Bacon has branded Graham Linehan a “raging hypocrite” after he reshared a post calling Renee Good “the face of chaos”.
The 50-year-old radio presenter, known for hosting shows on Capital FM and BBC Radio 5 Live, confronted Linehan, 57, after he reshared a post calling for women to be stripped of the right to vote in the US.
Users noticed that the Father Ted creator reshared the X/Twitter post, which attempted to justify the shooting of Renee Nicole Good by Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.
The post called the 37-year-old mother of two the “face of chaos” and called for the “outright abolishment” of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote, arguing that anything short would be a “grave half-measure”.
Calling out Linehan, who has profusely branded himself a “feminist” for attacking trans rights, Bacon said he was “such a wild raging hypocrite he takes my breath away”.
“He isn’t fighting for women,” Bacon continued. “All he wants to do is win an argument and prove himself ‘right’. His raging trans arguments are not about women, they’re about himself.”
Linehan’s self-proclaimed “feminist” exploits include calling for trans women to be attacked if they enter a women’s toilet, calling trans people “groomers” and “incels,” and throwing and damaging a trans teenager’s phone.
In November, he was ordered to pay £1,350 in fines after confronting trans teenager Sophia Brooks, who was 18 at the time, and forcefully grabbing and damaging her phone.
During the confrontation, Linehan reportedly began hurling insults at Brooks, calling her a “groomer”.
Asked why he resorted to breaking the teenager’s phone, the 57-year-old said: “My adrenaline was up, I was angry. I guess that feels like surrender, so I threw it away.”
Linehan’s ‘gender-critical’ activism has been condemned by multiple celebrities, including Father Ted star Ardal O’Hanlon, IT Crowd star Chris O’Dowd, and Green Party leader Zack Polanski.
Only Connect host Victoria Coren Mitchell begged the former TV writer to “stop pestering me” after the BBC quiz series featured a trans contestant.
“Only Connect is just a harmless quiz show. I try to ignore your relentless messages like I would with any other troll. But on this occasion, out of respect for the friendly relationship we used to have and the brilliant writer you used to be, I will ask you one more time to please, please, please leave us alone,” she wrote on X/Twitter.
