Jeremy Clarkson blasted the Scottish Government after the revelation it helped to back a film featuring unsimulated sex – before quickly withdrawing its funding.
Creative Scotland, backed by the government, agreed to hand over nearly £85,000 to film director Leonie Rae Gasson for her explicit movie. She claimed she was filming “a raucous communal exploration of dyke sexuality” – but the film was set to include “non-simulated” sex and a “secret cave sex party”.
Creative Scotland yanked the funding when they realised what the truth behind it was, with Culture Secretary Angus Robertson admitting cash shouldn’t have been funnelled into the “pro sex work movie”. Now Clarkson has had his say.
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The former Top Gear star wrote in his Sun column that he was “laughing his socks off” over the situation, writing: “Because not even the Scottish Government is daft enough to say ‘yes’ to financing a bout of explicit on-screen sapphism. So Ms Gasson came up with a cunning plan and instead of describing her film as porn, said it was ‘an exploration of dyke sexuality’.
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“And then for a bit more wokery, she claimed it would be ‘a magical, erotic journey through the Scottish countryside’. But this week they realised it would be nothing more than three sex workers going at it in a cave, and the funding has been withdrawn. Boo.”
Creative Scotland said in a statement that the organisation is “seeking recovery of funding paid in respect of this award to date”. It added: “What has emerged in the latest phase of the project represents a breach of the conditions of funding award, as the nature of the project has changed.
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“The central role that ‘non-simulated’ (ie real) sex acts now play in the project marks a significant change to the nature of the work presented in the original application which was assessed for funding.
“This significant change to the nature of the work has been evidenced in the most recent announcement on the project’s website, without the agreement of Creative Scotland.”
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The film, entitled Rein, also raised safeguarding concerns over “live hardcore sex act” scenes and “recruitment of those with disabilities”, reports the Daily Mail. Scenes were expected to star “bare-a***d lovers frolicking in long grass”, with actors paid £270 per day.
Gasson promised the 45-minute art installation would feature audience interaction and take viewers on a “magical, erotic journey through a distinctly Scottish landscape”. A recruitment advert for actors stated participants had to be over 18 and have experience of dance or sex work “particularly in porn contexts”.
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