I Kissed a Boy cast call out Ollie en masse after he supported the ‘Tommy Robinson march’

Ollie’s doubled down and clapped back in a 23 minute video, resulting in even more backlash


Ollie King from BBC’s I Kissed a Boy season one has responded after a huge majority of the show’s cast distanced themselves from him and his views after he was seen defending the Tommy Robinson led Unite the Kingdom March in London. In a comment posted last week, Ollie King said “Be aware careful and safe? Wind ya neck in. Don’t make out these people to be monsters. These [are] hard working British people who have had enough. They are going to support for us British people to show this limp government we want him out. If I wasn’t hosting Gloucester pride today I’d have 100 per cent been there as a proud British gay man.” Ollie was quick to be called out for his support of the Tommy Robinson march, which was attended by far right, anti-woke figures like Laurence Fox who literally burnt pride flags in his back garden.

After cast members from I Kissed a Boy called Ollie out for his comments regarding the Tommy Robinson march, including his ex Dan distancing himself from those political views, Ollie posted his own 23 minute video where he doubled down.

Cast members from the latest season called Ollie out

Cast members from I Kissed a Boy such as Baraka, Jack S, Reuben, and Jack D all posted videos about this to distance themselves from the views of Ollie. In particular, Baraka very eloquently explained why the comments from Ollie on “illegal immigration” are misguided.

@barak_a_ Disappointing? Yes. Predictable? Also yes. #ukpolitics #lgbt #ikissedaboy ♬ original sound – Baraka

In particular, Baraka highlighted how a lot of the people at this march were shouting anti-trans rhetoric. Ollie clarified in a comment on Instagram that’s since been deleted that he is against illegal migrants and not people who come “the legal and safe way.”

@theejacksmithpls don’t affiliate me or any of my divas with silly men x that’s not what I Kissed a Boy/Girl is and never will be 🫶♬ original sound – jack

After Ollie’s ex Dan also posted a video where he said he “feels sick about the state of the world right now” and that “the most vulnerable amongst us are being used as pawns in a culture war”. He didn’t name Ollie, but said “I just want to make it very clear and very known where I stand. I stand in solidarity with the asylum seekers and migrants. I stand in solidarity with the trans community. I stand with solidarity for Palestine. I have and I always will fight for those communities.”

@danharryprI have and always will stand in solidarity for those who are under attack in our country and around the world. ❤️♬ original sound – Dan Harry

Ollie posted a huge video about the situation – that he’s now deleted

Ollie King posted a 23 minute video response to the call outs from the I Kissed a Boy cast – which has now been deleted from his profile. In it, he discussed how he says he is not racist but is firmly against “illegal” immigration and said that the march wasn’t a Tommy Robinson march. Even though Tommy Robinson was literally there and so were the most famous right wing mouthpieces in the country.

From the deleted TikTok

He also called out his cast mates as “fannies” in the video, and addressed some controversy that he used to have “no non binary” in his Grindr bio. He addressed this by saying that he did have it in his bio previously on dating apps – and the clip is still up after another creator used the clip of him talking about it.

@lexitheele0 @OllieBK ♬ original sound – lexitheele0

Ollie explained “My personal experiences I found that non binary people I chatted to, I’m a gay man, it’s a dating preference. To be honest with you, I’ve found non binary people to be the most problematic argumentative people. They just want a problem with the world. They don’t want to claim to be a man, they don’t want to be a woman. That’s fine, live and let live. But no I don’t want to date a non-binary person.”

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