Radio 2 presenter outrages Twitter followers by retweeting joke about African football fans at World Cup Radio 2 presenter Chris Evans has apologised for posting a joke about poverty in Africa and the World Cup on Twitter. Evans retweeted a joke about African football fans and the noisy horns known as vuvuzelas that had been circulating on the micro-blogging site. The 44-year-old Evans, who has more than 84,000 followers on Twitter, said “You give an African £2 a month and what do they do? Buy a bloody trumpet.” The comment sparked criticism from some of his followers, with one calling it a “bit Bernard Manning”. Another wrote: “Chris Evans is a backward racist. I used to like this fool. Lets make jokes about gingers and see how he likes it!” Evans soon removed the tweet and apologised, claiming that he had not read the joke properly before retweeting it to his followers. “Apologies for last retweet didn’t read it properly,” he said. “Never meant to offend. Not funny at all.” Less than 10 minutes later he tweeted again, saying: “Sticking with my not funny verdict”. Evans, who replaced Sir Terry Wogan on Radio 2’s breakfast show in January, will return to TV to host the One Show on Fridays. The BBC is looking at the possibility of broadcasting an alternative “vuvuzela free” version of its World Cup coverage . •
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Chris Evans apologises for ‘Bernard Manning-style’ joke on Twitter
