Danny Dyer's Have I Got News For You presenting really divided viewers
Absolute pandemonium broke out on social media on Friday night (December 7) as EastEnders star Danny Dyer presented Have I Got News For You.
The mere idea of the actor hosting the BBC One quiz show was apparently enough to leave many viewers feeling personally affronted, and some of them wasted no time in insulting his presenting skills on Twitter.
Whatever #HIGNFY were hoping to achieve with Danny Dyer as host, it didn't work. Paul Merton struggled with it. I've got nothing at all against Danny Dyer but swearing for laughs is for the brain dead (Geordie Shore etc etc). It's not really for satire.
- Bob Exit Builder (@mrEggy101) December 7, 2018
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#hignfy Danny Dyer talentless in the extreme. Can't read an autocue, can't speak properly, can't present. He really is a block of wood. A foul mouthed block of wood.
- Heather Young (@evva321) December 7, 2018
Find someone who looks at you the way Danny Dyer looks at an autocue #hignfy
- David Etc (@Branleurs) December 7, 2018
One person tweeted: “Whatever #HIGNFY were hoping to achieve with Danny Dyer as host, it didn't work. Paul Merton struggled with it. I've got nothing at all against Danny Dyer but swearing for laughs is for the brain dead (Geordie Shore etc etc). It's not really for satire."
Ouch. What did Geordie Shore do so wrong?
However, there was just as much support for Dyer, with many jumping to his defence.
Danny Dyer is an absolute legend, top notch job on #HIGNFY
people are so needlessly annoyed at it, he's a very funny bloke and he's hosting excellently.- LONEWOLF (@_maxfawcett_) December 7, 2018
Was getting so sick of #hignfy having the same clique of privately educated luvvies guest hosting, so great to see Danny Dyer doing it so well.
BBC might like to recall that what made It good in the early days was ordinary man Paul Merton mocking pompous Angus D- Will Black (@WillBlackWriter) December 7, 2018
I thought Danny Dyer, who I used to dislike, was hilarious with excellent comic timing on #HIGNFY tonight.I’m staggered at the level of snobbish classist objections to him presenting.Also enjoyed seeing Paul Merton look as though he was miffed that Danny was stealing his thunder.
- Shruti Bhargava (@shrutinha) December 7, 2018
"Danny Dyer is an absolute legend, top notch job on #HIGNFY people are so needlessly annoyed at it, he's a very funny bloke and he's hosting excellently," wrote one fan.
And another added: "Was getting so sick of #hignfy having the same clique of privately educated luvvies guest hosting, so great to see Danny Dyer doing it so well. BBC might like to recall that what made It good in the early days was ordinary man Paul Merton mocking pompous Angus D."
Have I Got News For You continues next Friday (December 14) at 9pm on BBC One, with Gary Lineker set to host.
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