Khinshtein won’t be tuning into the ‘toon any time soon (Picture: Entertainment One/Twitter)
Russian MP Alexander Khinshtein has taken aim at Peppa Pig and other LGBTQ+ media with homophobic remarks, including Timothée Chalamet’s Call Me By Your Name.
The kids’ TV show was recently widely praised for adding its first lesbian couple among its cast of characters in an episode titled Families.
In it, Penny is sketching a portrait of her family along with Suzi Sheep and Danny Dog, when she says: ‘I’m Penny Polar Bear. I live with my mummy and my other mummy.
‘One mummy is a doctor and one mummy cooks spaghetti. I love spaghetti.’
The heartwarming moment saw Peppa Pig being hailed as a ‘gay icon’, with many same-sex parents saying they were pleased to be represented on screen.
Khinshtein, however, along with far-right Italian politician Federico Mollicone, might be the only people in the world to have not loved the ep.
The BBC’s Francis Scarr, who says he ‘watches Russian state TV so you don’t have to’ published a clip of Khinshtein criticising the well-loved ‘toon.
In it, Khinshtein said: ‘LGBT is nowadays a tool of hybrid war, and in that hybrid war, we must protect our traditional values.
‘We must protect our society and our children. Let me very quickly demonstrate what kind of propaganda is already being waged against our society.’
Peppa Pig ecently introduced its first female same-sex couple (Picture: Five/Pepper Pig)
The politician then showed screenshots of Call Me By Your Name, South Park and Peppa Pig, which he said was ‘a seemingly very well-known cartoon.’
Speaking about Families, he said: ‘In one episode a polar bear is drawing a portrait of her family and says: “I live with my mummy and my other mummy.”‘
Peppa Pig was hailed as a ‘gay icon’ (Picture: Five/Pepper Pig)
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Meanwhile, Mollicone previously told La Stampa, according to The Guardian: ‘Once again the politically correct has struck, at the expense of our children. Can’t children just be children?
‘We ask Rai, which buys the rights to the Peppa Pig series in Italy with a fee from all Italians, not to broadcast the episode in question on any channel or web platform.’
Peppa Pig is available to stream on My5.
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Khinshtein made multiple homophobic comments.