Danny Baker slammed for claiming Ozzy Osbourne’s cocaine use caused his Parkinson’s
DANNY Baker has caused uproar after posting a tweet that suggested Ozzy Osbourne’s Parkinson’s diagnosis is drug related.
The presenter, 62, was slammed by followers after he shared a shocking remark about Ozzy to his account on Wednesday.
In the tweet, Danny accuses the rocker of heavy cocaine use.
He wrote: “Not to be unsympathetic to a genuine hero but when Ozzie Osbourne says his ‘mild Parkinson’s’ is down to a fall he had…
“I’m thinking it must have been when he fell into a vat of cocaine in ’72 and didn’t get out again for 35 years.”
Followers lashed out at the TV host, with many claiming his comments were “insensitive.”
The Black Sabbath singer and wife Sharon shocked the world when they opened up about his diagnosis in an emotional interview on Good Morning America earlier this week.
Ozzy has been secretly suffering with Parkinson’s since being diagnosed in February 2019.
He is now on a “whole host” of medication to treat his nerve pain.
This isn’t the first time Danny has caused a stir online.
Last year, the presenter was fired by the BBC over a “racist” royal baby tweet after Meghan Markle and Prince Harry showed off their new son Archie to the world.
The tweet showed a picture of a couple clinging on to a monkey wearing a suit with the caption: “Royal baby leaves hospital”.
He immediately received backlash from users branding the post “racist” due to Meghan’s heritage.
He deleted the post and apologised, claiming it was a joke with no “connotations” and on May 9 spoke out again to say it was a “gag” about the baby being “posh”.
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A BBC spokesperson told the Sun Online: “This was a serious error of judgement and goes against the values we as a station aim to embody. Danny’s a brilliant broadcaster but will no longer be presenting a weekly show with us.”
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