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If you saw Nadine Dorries’ “rap” on TikTok last week and thought we’d reached peak cringe, we’re afraid to say that Andrew Neil has gone one better/worse (delete as applicable).
The culture secretary raised eyebrows when she shared a clip of herself rapping about the Online Safety Bill, spitting bars like: “If companies fail to comply with the law, and fail to protect the users that they’re responsible for, the regulator Ofcom will have the power to fine, so platforms must keep people safe online.”
During Sunday night’s instalment of The Andrew Neil Show, the host played a clip of Dorries’ rap, before launching into a verse of his own.
Bopping from side to side, the 73-year-old was heard rapping:
I’m here to present The Andrew Neil Show
I’m on the mic, so get with the flow.
Top politicians here on C4, it’s just half an hour but they all want more
I ask all the questions like I just don’t care
So come on Boris, get in the chair!
And then, of course, he dropped the mic.
Challengers get ready as @afneil takes on @NadineDorries in an epic rap battle. Tune in to The Andrew Neil Show, live on Channel 4. #AndrewNeilShowpic.twitter.com/9CYB6pfHrH
— Channel 4 (@Channel4) May 29, 2022
The clip then made its way online, with Twitter users not quite able to comprehend what they were watching:
Thanks, I hate it. https://t.co/mFTrvgXc5w
— Sarah Phelps (@PhelpsieSarah) May 29, 2022
Help. HELP. pic.twitter.com/G0iDJBOsUR
— Scott Bryan (@scottygb) May 29, 2022
And there was I thinking GBeebies was his rock bottom.
— Sooz Kempner (@SoozUK) May 29, 2022
This might be the start of his 'unhinged crjnge' era
— Dr. Jak 🦀 🪀🍋🥶 (@jak1oh3) May 29, 2022
Hey can someone just pop ‘round and see if @Channel4 are ok? I’m really starting to worry. Thanks 🙏🏽 https://t.co/syC6vfl3L9
— theBlaakRthefilmmaker (@BlaakRichardson) May 29, 2022
Get me off this planet right now https://t.co/YruooqZwYc
— aarjan ring (@aarjanistan) May 29, 2022
Just saw that Andrew Neil "rap battle" and would very much like to leave this planet now. Humanity is done. We botched it, lads
— Matt Holland Author Dot Com (@gallaetha_matt) May 29, 2022
i cant help but feel like the world should have ended by now, and we are somehow in "extra time". i shouldn't be alive to see this. https://t.co/1wsEHOXpGQ
— Jen Ives (@jenivescomedian) May 29, 2022
Feeling much better about the impending nuclear Armageddon 👍🏽 https://t.co/EVZhQ0lSpD
— Snow (@Lookinupatstars) May 30, 2022
Even Dorries herself ended up poking fun at the clip, commenting: “Nicki Minaj won’t be losing any sleep tonight.”
Nicki Minaj won’t be losing any sleep tonight. https://t.co/omsmaZ3RAl
— Nadine Dorries (@NadineDorries) May 29, 2022
The Andrew Neil Show debuted on Channel 4 earlier this month, less than a year after the launch of GB News, which Neil was previously the chairman of.
Two weeks after the ill-fated broadcaster began in June 2021, Neil announced he was taking an extended break from his nightly topical show, only to wind up never returning.
He has since spoken out several times about behind-the-scenes difficulties at GB News, which was also blighted by on-air technical issues and pranks from viewers within its first few weeks of broadcasting.
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Source: Huff Post
