They’ve been the hit of this year’s Celebrity Gogglebox.
But Ofcom has had 200 complaints about Happy Mondays’ Shaun Ryder and Bez making drug references – while watching Scarface.
Shaun thinks those up in arms should change their tune. He said: “We were being shown Scarface, a film where he’s talking about taking huge amounts of drugs. So I’ll talk about sailing, shall I?
“We did absolutely nothing wrong. Do we not have free speech in this country? Or is that just in America?”
He was also targeted when Bez had to come to his house to film the first episodes during lockdown. They followed all social distancing guidelines, with Shaun’s house becoming a makeshift studio for the series, so it was just the same as when they had guests on The One Show, for instance.
But they came under fire. Shaun said: “That was funny. People were saying ‘Shaun and Bez don’t live together’, there this big outcry. I was like ‘Oh come on, What a bunch of nutters!’.
“All the social distancing rules were followed. The leads and cameras were fed through the window, the crew that set it up came in my house looking like a nuclear experiment.”
New couple Pixie Lott and fiance Oliver Cheshire will join the pair in tonight’s final Celebrity Gogglebox on Channel 4, 9pm.
But production companies are ready to discuss other shows the Happy Mondays stars could do together.
Shaun, whose favourite programme is “the news”, liked being on I’m A Celeb.
He said: “Before the jungle I was just the mad rocker who went on TV shows off my t**s,. But on that show, you can show who you are.” He has rejected doing a At Home With The Ryders, calling it a “ball ache” and too much hard work. It’d be fun for Bez to watch on the next Gogglebox though…
*Celebrity Gogglebox airs Fridays at 9pm on Channel 4
