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    Carpentry TV Show Canceled Following Backlash Over Contestant's Nazi Tattoo

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    The ‘Chop: Britain’s Top Woodworker’ show has been called off following controversy after one of the contestants was seen sporting what looked like a neo-Nazi tattoo.

    Oct 31, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Woodworking TV show “The Chop: Britain’s Top Woodworker” has been cancelled after a contestant was alleged to have neo-Nazi symbols tattooed on his face.
    The Sky HISTORY channel’s carpentry contest, hosted by comedian Lee Mack, hit the headlines earlier this month (Oct20) after a promotional clip was posted online of a contestant, Darren Lumsden, who had skin art featuring an ’88’ on his face.
    The numerals commonly used by neo-Nazis to represent their Adolf Hitler salute ‘Heil Hitler’ as H is the eighth letter of the alphabet.

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    After initially defending Darren, who denies his body art is a reference to Neo-Nazism, and then suspending the show, channel chiefs announced they would cancel the programme on Friday (30Oct20).
    A statement tweeted out by the channel reads, “A contestant’s tattoos included symbols that could be connected to far-right ideologies and could cause offence; we sincerely apologise for that and we are sorry that our processes did not prompt further investigation at an earlier stage.”
    “The contestant continues to strenuously deny that he has, or ever had, far-right leanings. We are thoroughly reviewing our internal processes following the investigation. (production company) AETN UK and Sky History stand against racism and hate speech of all kinds.”
    Sky HISTORY bosses initially claimed to have looked into Darren’s inkings and found that the number 88 was the year of his father’s death. However, viewers pointed out other tattoos with white supremacist connotations and later it emerged his dad was alive and well and living near Bristol, England.

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      Carpentry TV Show Halted Following Backlash Over Contestant's 'Nazi Tattoo' Backlash

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      Sky History

      The new television show has been postponed by U.K. channel amid controversy after a trailer showed one of the contestants with what appeared to be a neo-Nazi tattoo.

      Oct 21, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Bosses at U.K. TV network Sky have suspended broadcasts of their new show “The Chop” after critics took aim at a trailer, which featured a contestant with what looked like a neo-Nazi tattoo.
      The Sky HISTORY channel’s carpentry contest, hosted by comedian Lee Mack, hit headlines on Tuesday (20Oct20) after a promotional clip was posted online, and many viewers noticed one heavily-tattooed contestant, named Darren, had skin art featuring an ’88’ on his face – the numerals commonly used by neo-Nazis to represent their Adolf Hitler salute ‘Heil Hitler’, as H is the eighth letter of the alphabet.
      Sky HISTORY bosses initially defended the show and the contestant, insisting the tattoo represents the year Darren’s father died.

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      “Darren’s tattoos denote significant events in his life and have no political or ideological meaning whatsoever,” a statement posted on Twitter read. “Amongst the various numerical tattoos on his body, 1988 is the year of his father’s death. The production team carried out extensive background checks on all the woodworkers taking part in the show, that confirmed Darren has no affiliations or links to racist groups, views or comments.”
      The statement failed to appease some critics, however, with some Twitter users explaining the font used for the tattoo resembled the Fraktur typeface used by the Nazis in World War Two Germany.
      The controversy has now prompted TV bosses to remove the teaser video for the new show and postpone upcoming episodes.
      SKY’s senior communications manager David Clifton tells WENN, “While we further investigate the nature, and meaning, of Darren’s tattoos, we have removed the video featuring him from our social media pages, and will not be broadcasting any episodes of The Chop: Britain’s Top Woodworker until we have concluded that investigation. Sky HISTORY stands against racism and hate speech of all kinds.”

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