UK: TV Channel Edits Out Big Brother Contestant’s Watermelon T-Shirt

What did watermelon do to deserve this?

LBC:

Tuesday night’s episode, of the ITV2 reality television show saw contestant Ali Bromley wearing a black T-shirt displaying a watermelon in the shape of Israel, while in the garden of the Big Brother house.

The black shirt worn by the London-based forensic psychologist is said to have resembled the colours of the Palestinian flag in red, green, white and black.

It also appeared to be the shape of the disputed Israel and Palestine territories.

Ah, okay.

So it was an antisemitic watermelon.

Got it.

The watermelon symbol has been used to show solidarity with Palestinians, external during the Israel-Gaza war.

However, the broadcast episode has since been edited, with ITV saying the housemate had told them she was “unaware of the implications” of the symbol.

Following a social media backlash, a spokesman for Big Brother said: “All housemate items are checked by our production team before they go into the Big Brother House to ensure they comply with the rules and compliance requirements.

“Big Brother does not allow any personal items into the house that could be deemed harmful.

“We regret that the implications of this particular item of clothing were not fully understood in our bag checks or prior to broadcast of (Tuesday)’s show.

“We apologise to any viewers who have been offended by the broadcast and assure viewers that Big Brother was unaware of the implications of the image,” they continued in a statemnent.

The Campaign Against Antisemitism wrote of social media site X: “A Big Brother (@bbuk) housemate was seen wearing a T-shirt depicting the map of Israel as a watermelon – a symbol widely associated with anti-Israel sentiment.”

The group, which has made various complaints about TV programmes amid the war in the Middle East, also questioned how the programme’s production staff allowed the T-shirt to be “worn, let alone broadcast it on national television”.

Watermelons are only one of many fruits we must protect the Jews from.

All kinds of fruits, as well as vegetables and even poultry, seek to exterminate the chosen ones.

The only foods which respect the rights of the Jews are processed foods. So please, eat up to protect our sweet chosen from yet another Holocaust.