Gogglebox has been hit with more than 100 Ofcom complaints after it aired a duck sex scene. The popular Channel 4 show featured a clip from new Apple TV series Roar in its latest episode, which saw a woman receive oral sex from a duck.
The Daily Star reports Gogglebox received 149 complaints from viewers on Friday (April 22) who were left "traumatised." One viewer said Gogglebox "should not be promoting shows that are basically insinuating bestiality."
In the episode regular Gogglebox cast members including Giles and Mary sat down to watch the fifth episode of Roar. The female-led anthology is based on the short-story collection by Cecilia Ahern and its fifth episode 'The Woman Who Was Fed By A Duck' starred The Walking Dead actress, Merritt Wever.
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During the Roar scenes aired on Gogglebox, a woman called Elisa (Wever) could be seen forming a romantic relationship with a talking duck. Later in the episode, the bird instructed Elisa to lie on the floor and remove her trousers before performing oral sex on her - leaving both the Gogglebox cast and viewers at home horrified.
While Giles dubbed the scene 'the worst thing he'd ever seen on television', viewers on Twitter also made their horror known. @amyhowey16 said: "Gogglebox should not be promoting shows that are basically insinuating bestiality. That was absolutely disgusting and wasn't in the slightest bit funny." @villajase wrote: "Deeply disturbing is the best way to describe it."
@mummarebecca commented: "Just seen a clip of a talking duck having oral sex with a woman on #gogglebox and I'm legit traumatised." "We watched Gogglebox this evening. That duck programme #roar … I am actually traumatised. I'm genuinely upset," @helenrosep_ concluded.
Speaking on the scene herself, Roar actress Merritt Wever told Radio Times: "I hope people feel it was worthwhile. I hope people feel it's treated with respect.
"I hope people don't feel that because it is a story told in a container that has a bit of a gloss on it, or comes off a certain way in the beginning, that it is not being treated seriously because we certainly did take it seriously."
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