Language used in video from Strictly Come Dancing set in Blackpool ‘unacceptable’, says broadcaster
The EastEnders actor Jamie Borthwick has been suspended by the BBC after using an ableist slur on the set of Strictly Come Dancing.
A video emerged of the actor, who plays Jay Brown on the long-running soap, using the term to describe the people of Blackpool, the town where the programme was being filmed, according to the Sun on Sunday.
On Saturday, a spokesperson for the BBC said: “This language is entirely unacceptable and in no way reflects the values or standards we hold and expect at the BBC. We have robust processes in place for this.”
Warren Kirwan, media manager at disability equality charity Scope, said: “Attitudes and language like this are never acceptable.
