Taskmaster’s Alex Horne shares anger at ‘really disgusting’ abuse aimed at Rosie Jones
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Taskmaster’s Alex Horne shares anger at ‘really disgusting’ abuse aimed at Rosie Jones

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Taskmaster star Alex Horne has shared his anger at online trolls who targeted comedian Rosie Jones when she joined the show. In an interview with The Times, Horne, who created the show and also appears as the assistant to “Taskmaster” Greg Davies, described the abuse directed at Jones as “really disgusting”. The last time I felt angry — when I was about 14, when we were on holiday and someone broke into our house— I remember thinking, oh, this is what anger is like.” Horne shared his disgust at the abusive comments directed towards Jones Jones often speaks out about the trolling she faces when she appears on TV, telling The Guardian earlier this year: “I’d be lying if I said it didn’t upset me, but luckily I am surrounded by such a strong network of brilliant friends, family, colleagues who support me. Her decision to use an ableist slur in the show’s title proved to be a divisive one, with Jones later explaining that she had chosen it in order to reclaim a word that had been “used as a weapon towards me all my life”.

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