Laurence Fox slams Romesh Ranganathan and it backfires

Laurence Fox slams Romesh Ranganathan and, as ever, Fox was the one who ended up looking stupid.

It comes as London Mayor Sadiq Khan tweeted: “Tackling violence against women and girls in the capital is one of my biggest priorities as mayor.

“Last year, City Hall’s #HaveAWord campaign urged men and boys to challenge sexist behaviour and misogynistic attitudes. Now we’re giving them the word to say: #Maaate“

Tackling violence against women and girls in the capital is one of my biggest priorities as mayor.

Last year, City Hall’s #HaveAWord campaign urged men and boys to challenge sexist behaviour and misogynistic attitudes. Now we’re giving them the word to say: #Maaate
— Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan (@MayorofLondon) July 21, 2023

He followed that tweeting: “If your friend’s language or behaviour was crossing a line, would you know how to step in? My new campaign, Say #Maaate to a Mate, is a single word to stop misogynistic language in its tracks. Get involved.”

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If your friend’s language or behaviour was crossing a line, would you know how to step in?

My new campaign, Say #Maaate to a Mate, is a single word to stop misogynistic language in its tracks.

Get involved 👇🏽https://t.co/cQzpAAeZeG pic.twitter.com/FUYMz9MTds
— Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan (@MayorofLondon) July 21, 2023

It was picked up by comedian Romesh Ranganathan who made the point during his set. It was a serious point, mixed in with his usual brand of amazing humour.

Laurence Fox Romesh Ranganathan

In response Laurence Fox tweeted: “You are not a “comedian” #Maaate

You are not a “comedian” #Maaate

pic.twitter.com/1Q9lokTuxC
— Laurence Fox (@LozzaFox) July 22, 2023

Reactions

and Lozza #Maaate you're not a journalist, politician or singer.
— Just Neil (@Neilovichi) July 24, 2023

Laurence Fox is just jealous because the stand-up comedian Romesh Ranganathan gets more acting work than he does. https://t.co/786d2t4EVD
— Mark Grimshaw (@MarkGComedyUK) July 22, 2023

He had more than 714 people in the room and @RomeshRanga has never lost a deposit https://t.co/LvVD0KF7bh
— Janey Godley (@JaneyGodley) July 22, 2023

Maaaaate, he literally is. This though was not, this was a piece of advice at the end of the show in support of women.
— Jim Clark (@J1mClark) July 22, 2023

A) Romesh is a funny comic
B) I'm sure he doesn't care what you think https://t.co/LUSSS5rVVy
— Adam Benson (@Benson_TheDad) July 23, 2023

And you’re not married, not an actor , not a singer and not the the MP for Uxbridge
— Andy Oakes (@andyoakes) July 22, 2023

Nothing Fox has ever done will come close to Tree Wizard by Romesh https://t.co/RiO8l7MC2T pic.twitter.com/jgfk1oEqkl
— Harry (@HighPlainOutlaw) July 23, 2023

Lots of comedians make a serious point in their shows – I've seen it done by Greg Davies, Jason Manford & Lee Evans, to name but a few.

If you think there's calling out your mates for harrassing women is wrong, that says far more about you then it does Romesh Ranganathan. https://t.co/1SSbLdp7cM
— Kim Barrett 💙 (@KimBarrett8) July 23, 2023

Romesh is a hero for this. Taking a break from a set to get an important message out to the masses.
Some lads will need to hear this. Comedy clubs, sports clubs, pubs, that's exactly where this message should be heard. https://t.co/7akwVyPq3n
— Dean Boddington (@Misterbodd) July 22, 2023

#Maaate

He also shared this under the same hashtag #Maaate writing: In the 1940’s, males faked their age to fight in WWII. In 2023, males pretend to be female to win sports.’