June Whitfield, 93, admits she can’t stand TV anymore
June Whitfield, 93, admits she can’t stand TV anymore as there’s ‘too much sex and swearing’ and you ‘can’t make a joke out of anything’
Dame June Whitfield has admitted she can’t stand modern day television as there’s ‘too much sex and swearing.’
The 93-year-old actress also told David Hamilton on BBC Radio Sussex that political correctness means you ‘can’t make a joke out of anything.’
She said: ‘Everything, every channel, it’s either some sex scene or a killing of some kind.’
Truthful: Dame June Whitfield has admitted she can’t stand modern day television as there’s ‘too much sex and swearing’
June went to admit that much of the humour in television has dried up and despite a love of some comedians she thinks modern day humour is too politically correct and reliant on swearing.
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She explained: ‘I do like people like [comic] Michael McIntyre , but some of them just spend the whole time swearing.’
‘You cannot make a joke about anybody.’
Honest: The 93-year-old actress also told David Hamilton on BBC Radio Sussex that political correctness means you ‘can’t make a joke out of anything’ (above in 1980)
Legendary: June is most well known for her work with Terry Scott, co-starring in sitcoms Happy Ever After and Terry and June (above with the late comic in 1982)
June is most well known for her work with comedian Terry Scott, co-starring in sitcoms Happy Ever After and Terry and June, where they both starred as a husband and wife duo.
Following Scott’s death in 1994, June went onto play Edina Monsoon’s mother in Absolutely Fabulous, alongside well-loved supporting roles in Last Of The Summer Wine and The Green Green Grass.
She was then awarded an OBE in 1985, followed by a CBE in 1998 and then a Damehood in 2017.
Stunning: The screen legend – who was made a Dame in 2017 – has been appearing in roles on-screen and on the radio for over 60 years (above in 1955)
Amazing: June also admitted that while she still gets offered acting roles, she’s found they have reduced in recent years, as she becomes less mobile due to her age
June also admitted that while she still gets offered acting roles, she’s found they have reduced in recent years, as she becomes less mobile due to her age.
She said: ‘Not really. As an actress, you must be able to walk about and I’m not very good at that.’
June added that her lack of mobility means one of the few roles she can play is someone ‘in bed going to sleep.’
Last year June admitted she had begun to miss acting, having last appeared in the Absolutely Fabulous Movie in 2016.
She told The Mirror: ‘I’ve done it for 70 odd years. If I could I still would.’
She also recently revealed that she now lives in a care home, after ten years of living alone following the death of her husband of 46 years Tim Aitchison in 2001.
Break away: The veteran actress revealed last year she now lives in a care home, and would love to return to acting after her last big screen role was in 2016
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