Rory Cowan has hit back at claims that the Pogues Christmas song Fairytale of New York should be censored.
His comments came after 2fm presenter Eoghan McDermott spoke about the debate surrounding the song.
Some people are calling for it to be taken off air due to the homophobic slur ‘f****t’ used in one of the verses.
Eoghan explained on Twitter: “This debate rolls around again. I asked the two gay members of my team how they feel, since f****t is their N-word. If people want to slur the gay community, this is their most powerful weapon. One favours censoring, the other outright not playing it. Neither like it. Simples.”
While many people on social media agreed with him, others took issue with it, including actor Rory Cowan.
“Those two gay members of his staff need to cop on,” Rory said, adding that he feels there are bigger issues pertaining to the LGBT community.
“Nonsense issues distract from real ones. Gays are being persecuted and killed around the world. We need to fight that. We came through our own battles for gay rights. And not so we could look for silly cosmetic battles like this”
Responding to some of the comments, he said: “I’m gay and I think that line in the song is just brilliant. You couldn’t make changes, or add or remove even a comma, to improve it. It’s perfect as it is.”
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