• From a book launch event at a branch of Waterstones in Suffolk, as cited in "Frankie Boyle: Controversy as comic makes 'rape joke' about TV presenter Holly Willoughby", The Scotsman (31 July 2022).
• Audience members of his show at the Latitude Festival, also in Suffolk, had insisted Boyle commented about Willoughby during his act: "I'd obviously kill her and rape her afterwards. I'm joking - I'd rape her first." In an earlier rape-related comment, Boyle said of Olympic cyclist Victoria Pendleton in 2012: "Victoria can lift twice her own bodyweight. Sexy, as it means she still wouldn't be able to throw me off."
Can I just say, my routine about raping and f**
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Can I just say, my routine about raping and f**" in the context of "g Holly Willoughby was part of a very long routine about whether or not it's OK to do a joke about that, and I look at it from both sides, there are pluses and minuses.
• From a book launch event at a branch of Waterstones in Suffolk, as cited in "Frankie Boyle: Controversy as comic makes 'rape joke' about TV presenter Holly Willoughby", The Scotsman (31 July 2022).
• Audience members of his show at the Latitude Festival, also in Suffolk, had insisted Boyle commented about Willoughby during his act: "I'd obviously kill her and rape her afterwards. I'm joking - I'd rape her first." In an earlier rape-related comment, Boyle said of Olympic cyclist Victoria Pendleton in 2012: "Victoria can lift twice her own bodyweight. Sexy, as it means she still wouldn't be able to throw me off."" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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