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Furious Jim Davidson blocks Iain Lee on Twitter after bizarre Jim Bowen TV outburst

Whose side are you on in this battle to be the pettiest?

Iain Lee has clashed with Jim Davidson after the TV pundit refused to read out a Twitter tribute to Bullseye host Jim Bowen on Good Morning Britain.

The former I’m A Celebrity contestant, covering for absent regular presenter Richard Arnold, was running through a number of tweets from showbiz pals remembering the late 80-year-old before refusing to acknowledge one from controversial comic Jim.

“Jim Davidson said something but I’m not really interested in him,” said Iain after highlighting a tweet from Paddy McGuinness.

Confused host Susanna Reid asked: “Why not? He’s one of those comedy legends?”

Davidson’s Twitter tribute on GMB (Credit: ITV)

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But Iain, who later revealed in a series of tweets someone he knew had worked with Davidson two decades ago in a “miserable” experience, demurred: “Let’s not. Let’s have this debate elsewhere.”

Just over an hour later, Jim asked his 150,000 followers on Twitter: “Who is this [bleep]?”

Apparently answering his own question, he tweeted: “So, a bloke calle[d] Iain Lee has refused to read out my tribute to Jim Bowen on GMB. What[‘]s his problem?”

But Iain hit back:

The radio host then revealed he had been blocked by the 64-year-old ex Generation Game presenter – although minutes later Jim continued to ask about who it was Iain knew who had worked with him.

Going on to reference the ‘Strawberrygate’ event from last year’s series of I’m A Celebrity, Jim then insisted he was pleased Iain was not a fan.

The reaction on social media was mixed – with many blasting Iain for being “disrespectful”, “petty” and taking a ‘cheap swipe’ at Davidson.


However, not everybody was outraged at Iain’s decision to speak his mind, with users mocking Jim for hitting the block button.

Susanna joked at the end of the segment: “Your reports always come with an edge.”

Iain replied: “And this is why my TV career ended many, many years ago. I’m squeezing that last little bit out here.”

Jim Bowen passed away yesterday aged 80 (Credit: ITV)

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Robert Leigh
Freelance writer

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