Shane MacGowan fans described his riposte to Laurence Fox as a fitting tribute (Picture: Redferns)
Shane MacGowan ripped into a ranting Laurence Fox on a social media post that has resurfaced in the wake of The Pogues singer’s death.
The Irish songwriter, who died ‘peacefully’ aged 65, branded the former actor, 45, a ‘little herrenvolk s*****’ after he complained about the BBC censoring a version of Fairytale of New York.
The Song With No Name hitmaker’s fans on X, formerly known as Twitter, declared the putdown as ‘among his finest work’ as they paid tribute to hime.
One remembered: ‘Oh, how desperately sad. For all his wonderful music and poetic lyrics, I adore him even more for his riposte to Laurence Fox. What a loss.’
‘Perhaps the finest tribute that can possibly be paid to Shane and the Pogues is this response to general t***badger and failed actor Laurence Fox back in 2020,’ another shared.
Sharing MacGowan’s riposte, a third added: ‘RIP to Shane MacGowan, a real one.’
MacGowan absolutely took down right-wing Fox on social media (Picture: Getty Images)
Caption: Moment Shane MacGowan eviscerates Laurence Fox resurfaces after The Pogues singer’s deathCredit Twitter
Fox posted the tweet in 2020 after becoming offended by Radio 1’s decision to leave out the homophobic slur when playing Fairytale Of New York
‘Here we go again. The cultural commissars at the @bbc are telling you what is and isn’t appropriate for your ignorant little ears. Wouldn’t it be nice if we sent the (proper) version to the top of the charts? #DefundTheBBC. RT.’
The Pogues, however, didn’t share the same stance as Fox.
MacGowan died ‘peacefully’ after suffering a number of health issues (Picture: Redferns via Getty)
The official Twitter account of the band quote-tweeted the actor and wrote: ‘F*** off you little herrenvolk s***e.’
The word herrenvolk means ‘master race’ and was a concept in Nazi ideology that proposed the racial superiority of Europeans and disenfranchised minority groups.
Fox, who is has been in the High Court in a libel case after being accused of sending racist tweets in 2020, was recently sacked from GB News.
Fox was fired from GB News ater comments he made about Evans (Picture: ITV)
He was fired following a string of remarks about Ava Evans, a political correspondent known as Ava Santina, on X including asking, ‘Who would want to shag that?’
Meanwhile, tributes have been pouring in for MacGowan since his death was announced by his wife, Victoria Mary Clarke.
President of Ireland Michael D Higgins remembered MacGowan as one of ‘music’s greatest lyricists,’ adding: ‘His words have connected Irish people all over the globe to their culture and history, encompassing so many human emotions in the most poetic of ways.’
MacGowan soared to fame with MacColl with their festive hit (Picture: Getty)
Announcing his death, Clarke said in a family statement: ‘I am blessed beyond words to have met him and to have loved him and to have been so endlessly and unconditionally loved by him and to have had so many years of life and love and joy and fun and laughter and so many adventures.’
MacGowan died at 3am on Thursday after being discharged last week from St Vincent’s Hospital in Dublin, where he had been receiving care for an infection.
He had revealed he was diagnosed with encephalitis last year in a video posted to social media on New Year’s Eve.
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MacGowan is best-known for Fairytales of New York, which propelled him to fame alongside the late Kirsty MacColl upon its release in November 1987 – though it never reached number one in the UK, peaking at number two.
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MacGowan didn’t suffer fools lightly.