Amanda Holden says BGT got '100,000s' of positive comments for Diversity's BLM dance
AMANDA Holden says Britain's Got Talent got hundreds of thousands of positive comments for Diversity's Black Lives Matter routine - despite 15,500 Ofcom complaints.
The star - who is head judge while Simon Cowell recovers from his back injury - said she backs Ashley "100 per cent" after there was a huge public backlash against his performance.The dance showed Ashley being knelt on by a white police officer in order to invoke the death of George Floyd in America.has stuck up for her co-star and said they have received "hundreds of thousands" of positive responses, despite receiving 15,500 complaints to Ofcom.
She told Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid: "It is extraordinary. I think the number of negative complaints means this conversation is right and needs to happen. "What hasn’t been reported is the positive response - hundreds of thousands of them. We stand by them and stand by Ashley Banjo 100 per cent."Amanda said they have received hundreds of thousands of positive messagesThe journalist said: "If you can't handle that without feeling the need to never watch BGT again or to complain to Ofcom, there's something wrong with you. You, you're the problem. You're part of the problem.
"By the way, if you don't like me saying this, then don't watch us either. Don't watch Good Morning Britain. Because I agree with Ashley Banjo and Diversity. And if you can't handle it Britain, wake up."led the dance troupe for the performance on last Saturday's episode.Amanda smiling for the show on Saturday
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