Davina McCall has hit out at cancel culture's "lack of forgiveness".
Davina McCall slams cancel culture as unforgiving
The 54-year-old TV presenter thinks people should be forgiven a lot more for their old views rather then cancelled if they've changed their ways, because people should be allowed to "change their mind".
She said: "Everybody has an opinion. With cancel culture, and this is the new thing that I think celebrities or actors or anybody in the public eye is the most terrified of is this culture of, you say something and you get cancelled. I think that's such an interesting thing.
"I go deep when I think about things and I was thinking, why is cancelling such a tough thing? I think it's about the lack of forgiveness that anybody is allowed to have for making a mistake.
"If somebody says something and I think, that's a celebrity that I have known for many years, one of the things that I think is really weird is hauling somebody over the coals for a tweet they made in 2011. In 12 years, I've changed so much.
"When a journalist says to me they interviewed me eight years ago and I said this, I say, 'I've changed my mind'. You've got to be allowed to change your mind."
The former 'Big Brother' host admits it is important to note that people may feel "so ashamed" of how they used to be, rather than assume they still hold the same opinions.
Speaking on Rylan’s 'Ry-Union' podcast, she added: "Sometimes people could have been racist or homophobic 10 years ago, 12 years ago and they might have met somebody along the way who's made them change the light. And they could feel so ashamed of the way that they used to feel. They get hauled over the coals and they apologise and that apology is still not enough.
"Also, the only way I have learned in life is by forming opinions about how I feel about things. If I listened to somebody I absolutely 100 per cent disagree with, I can formulate an opinion about that ... that's why programmes like 'Question Time' are interesting because you've got all sides of the political spectrum.
"Sometimes there's somebody on there that drives you mad, but that's a good thing. We must not stop the voices that annoy us or aggravate us or say something different by shaming them ... it seems that forgiveness isn't on the agenda anymore ...
"This loss of anybody following any kind of religion means you are unable to pardon anybody. You just will hold that vendetta against them forever, even if they are hand on heart genuinely really sorry. It seems really sad."
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