And a third complained: “The bbc will just say they censored ricky wilson’s trans rights shirt bcos it’s ‘political’ while completely ignoring that it’s our media institutions like the bbc that have maliciously made trans ppl political.” (sic)

GB News has contacted the BBC for comment on the complaints but it appears these disgruntled activists already have their explanation.

And it has nothing to do with intentional blurring as a community note on X has explained all.

It reads: “This shot in the show was using a low-quality CCTV-style camera and everything is a little blurry and colours are off. Later shots using a broadcast camera show Ricky’s shirt clearly.”

I see the BBC blurring Ricky Wilson’s “trans rights are human rights shirt” on the Michael McIntyre thing.
Does the BBC not believe trans people deserve to have rights everyone else has? pic.twitter.com/fMQhYEJdRD

— Kăskă 🏳️‍⚧️🐀 (@KaskaJessica) February 3, 2024

Later during the skit, Wilson’s shirt is plainly visible while he performs with his bandmates.

This prompted several other X users to hit back at the complaints, including one who argued: “I don’t think the BBC blurred out Ricky Wilson’s t shirt. I was able to read what it said, and I’m many pints in and about to go to my bed.”

And a second weighed in: “I’ve seen a lot of people attacking BBC for blurring Ricky’s shirt and while that’s something you would expect them to do I think in this case the shot in question was a low def camera. Above pic taken from main stage and it’s clear.” (sic)

Wilson hasn’t addressed the controversy since his appearance on McIntyre’s show, but he did share a clip on Instagram behind the scenes of the comedian’s pranks.