January 4, 2010

DJ: Queen? Boring!


A radio DJ in the UK was fired this week, after interrupting a speech by the Queen, telling listeners she was too "boring!"

The raio host, Tom BInns, interrupted Queen Elizabeth's traditional Christmas Day speech, bringing many complaints from listeners as he insulted the Queen's broadcast and replaced it with a Wham song. Binns insisted most of the feedback he got was positive, explaining the speech was being broadcast by accident, so he was right to cut it off, and was only doing his job as a comedian when he made some jokes along with the change. Many seem to feel otherwise though, still believing the royal family should be treated with more respect.


DJ: Queen? Boring!
straits times

A BRITISH radio presenter has been sacked after he pulled the plug on Queen Elizabeth II's traditional Christmas Day speech, telling listeners it was 'boring.' Tom Binns has lost his job at Birmingham radio station BRMB after a number of listeners complained over his interruption of the monarch's traditional December 25 broadcast to Britain and the Commonwealth.'Two words: Bor-ring,' he said on air as he stopped the broadcast, before quipping 'from one Queen to another...

DJ: Queen? Boring!

Posted at January 4, 2010 9:45 AM