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Lily Allen has come under fire on Twitter for calling for football to be banned for kids.
The outspoken singer made the remark as part of a discussion around ways to prevent children from being sexually abused, with Lily linking to a Guardian story on how there are more stories in football to be told one year after Andy Woodward’s brave story came to light.
The singer shared a link to footballer Andy Woodward’s story where he speaks out about the abuse he suffered and next to this she wrote: ‘To be honest I think it’s time we talked about banning sports in this country.’
Mother-of-two Lily made her comment after one Twitter user wrote: ‘I’m quite tired of people who think rape or sexual assault is just this special evil problem that only Muslim blokes do to us poor Westerners, when it’s a problem in pretty much every society thanks to toxic masculinity.’
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However, the Smile star’s comment did not sit well with football fans with immediate backlash poured at the singer.
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One Twitter user replied to Lily and said: ‘Banning sports, bit extreme Lily…. I presume you’re wearing your silly head this morning!’
While another didn’t see her logic and compared banning sports to banning TV.
They said: ‘That’s like saying we should ban TV because of Jimmy Saville’.
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Another put his opinion across by saying: ‘Musicians next’.
While one added: ‘Ban schools, as well? What about churches? Close down all youth clubs’.
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Other people stuck up for the singer and claimed she was just being sarcastic, as they wrote: ‘Wow. People really don’t get sarcasm anymore, do they?’
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