Frankie Boyle: Bromley is like 'lobotomy made out of bricks'

 
Outburst: Frankie Boyle made his remark about Bromley in a tweet
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Tony Bassett21 March 2013

Furious Bromley residents have hit back at comedian Frankie Boyle after he claimed the south London suburb was “like a lobotomy made out of bricks”.

They pointed out the comic who found fame on BBC’s Mock The Week comes from the tenements of Glasgow — and urged him to keep away from their commuter town in future.

The row broke out after the 40-year-old Scot complained about the two years he spent living in Bromley in remarks on Twitter. The outburst came after the town featured on the BBC programme Snog Marry Avoid.

Host Ellie Taylor was transformed into a “walking, talking, living doll” as she assumed a look believed popular with Bromley people. Inhabitants of the town, where writer HG Wells and singer Pixie Lott were born, sprang to its defence.

One, named Joe, posted a message on the internet saying: “Just ignore him he’ll go away. He is from the Tenements in Glasgow... nuf said really.”

Another wrote: “Do people really still describe Frankie Boyle as a comic? Dropping him from Mock The Week was the best decision the BBC have made in a long time.”

A third said: “Bromley is great. A relatively calm place to live, a reasonable amount of shops and restaurants and great public transport to get into London.

“Frankie Boyle, meanwhile, is not so great and his sense of humour has dropped to insulting people and places rather than a gentle ribbing that even the victims can laugh along with.”

A fourth resident said: “Good job he left Bromley then, we don’t want him.”

The comedian has constantly landed in trouble with his offensive brand of humour. Five years ago, Boyle said Olympic swimmer Rebecca Adlington was like “someone who’s looking at themselves in the back of a spoon” and two years later he made jokes about Katie Price’s disabled son Harvey.

Fellow-comedian Jack Dee, 51, upset residents of nearby Orpington when he criticised the town where he lived until he was three.

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