Casualty hit by 111 complaints after viewers claimed Marty’s kiss with his boyfriend was ‘offensive’

CASUALTY has been hit by 111 complaints after viewers claimed Marty’s kiss with his boyfriend was offensive.

Marty (Shaheen Jafargholi) has found love with new character Jack, but a small group of viewers weren’t happy that the couple kissed on screen.

Dozens complained to the broadcaster about the episode that aired on January 25th at 9.20pm.

A report on the Beeb’s website revealed those who complained found it “offensive to show scenes of same-sex couples kissing.”

The few who complained won’t have to see the kiss repeated, since Marty finds out that Jack is a married man.

The truth comes tumbling out at work when he treats an injured pilot and when he contacts their next of kin, it turns out to Jack.

Casualty isn’t the only show that has attracted complaints over same-sex scenes.

Dancing On Ice’s Ian ‘H’ Watkins and Matt Evers’ first same-sex routine got 16 Ofcom complaints.

The pair made history when they became the first same-sex pair to skate together on the ITV show.

Though they proved a big hit, their coupling angered a small group viewers who actually complained to the TV watchdog about their dance.

It was revealed last month that 16 viewers felt the need to complain about two men dancing together.

They vented to Ofcom who told Metro.co.uk in a statement: “The selection and pairing of contestants is an editorial matter for ITV.

“Our rules do not discriminate between opposite-sex and same-sex couples.”

But apart from those 16 people, H and Matt’s performance went down well with both viwers and the judges.

Their performance was so moving that new judge John Barrowman broke down in tears.

They were awarded a whopping 25 points from the emotional judges John, Ashley Banjo, Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean.

Holly Willoughby told Ian Watkins, also known as H: “I’ve got goosebumps. There’s lots of tears in the studio. How was that for you?”

The Steps singer replied: “I’m emotional because I’ve wanted this for so long and it means so much to so many people. The world is ready for this.”

It was hailed as a “massive moment” by fans who praised the skating couple’s skills on the ice.

One said: So sad that it’s 2020 and a same sex couple on #DancingOnIce is just making history now. But I absolutely loved it. And as it was said: ‘This is normal.'”

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