Rosie Jones has spoken out about ableist comments (Picture: Kate Green/BAFTA/Getty Images for BAFTA)
Rosie Jones entertained many viewers on Big Fat Quiz of The Year with her witty comments, but unfortunately, she’s since been subject to ableist social media posts.
The Channel 4 show aired on Boxing Day, and Rosie, alongside Katherine Ryan, Mo Gilligan, Richard Ayoade, Mel Giedroyc, and Mel Giedroyc, was quizzed about the events of 2023 by host Jimmy Carr.
Two days after it aired, Rosie, who has cerebral palsy, decided to respond to remarks made about her contribution to the show.
The 33-year-old reposted a previous statement she’d released after her comedy act on The Royal Variety Show earlier this month.
It read: ‘Thank you for all of the lovely messages about The Royal Variety last night, what fun. Less of a thanks to the not so lovely ones.
‘Comedy is subjective and it’s ok if I’m not your cup of tea. But please remember the difference between personal preference and downright ableism.’
Rosie appeared on The Big Fat Quiz of The Year (Picture: Channel 4)
This time the star, best known for appearing on the likes of The Last Leg, 8 Out of 10 Cats and her own stand-up, added: ‘Rinse and repeat. Different telly show, same old ableism.’
The comedian also shared her plans to take some time away.
‘Thanks for the support, but I’m gonna lie low for a bit and sink into the perineum of Christmas and New Year.’
Rosie was joined by other comedians (Picture: Channel 4)
Metro.co.uk will not be sharing the ableist comments, but instead the messages of support for Rosie.
X user Jon1 said: ‘I just want to say on Rosie Jones for the unwanted & needless abuse she gets on here & probably all through her life, I have the utmost respect for her work and how far she’s come in her career and hope she just carries on with her own style of unique comedy.’
‘So truly harrowing ableism about Rosie Jones on Twitter tonight. It’s one thing not to find her funny but saying she’s ‘distressing and pitiful’ to watch or ‘making you uncomfortable’ is rooted in some deep-seated phobias around disability. Freaky eugenics right there’ added Madelaine Hanson.
Rosie has made a documentary on the subject of online abuse (Picture: Channel 4)
‘The Rosie Jones situation is so hurtful, because there were, and are, times when I don’t talk because I simply don’t trust strangers not to comment – which is based on years of experience. My speech impediment is the part of my disability I am most self-conscious of,’ shared Melissa K. Parker.
Earlier this year, Rosie released a documentary entitled Am I A R****d? which looked at the online abuse she has received as a disabled person.
Speaking to Metro.co.uk about her experience reading through those abusive messages for the documentary, Rosie shared: ‘I will open up Twitter and see people abuse me every day, I will walk down the street and have people shout ableist slurs at me, I will order an Uber and the driver will see me and assume I’m drunk and drive away, and these were always daily minute forms of ableism that ended up swallowing how I felt about myself.
‘So it came to a point that I thought I don’t want to be quiet and I don’t want to swallow all of this hate and abuse because I swallow enough disability hate that then becomes self-hate and that will affect my own mental health.’
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Rosie thanked fans for their support.
