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RADIO 1 DJ Fearne Cotton shocked listeners with a gaffe about "cotton pickin' " as she interviewed black actor Morgan Freeman yesterday.

Fearne, 27, blurted out the politically incorrect phrase when explaining her name.

It sparked an online debate over whether it related to work historically done by slaves in America's Deep South.

She told Freeman, 72: "My first name is F.E.A.R.N.E. - bit of a weird one.

"And then Cotton, like cotton pickin'."

A listener remarked: "Maybe not the best way of describing your name to Morgan Freeman!"

A Radio 1 spokesman said: "Fearne clearly did not mean anything."

She was talking to Freeman about his new movie Invictus, where he plays Nelson Mandela.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/2834930/Fearne-Cotton-shocked-listeners-with-gaffe-about-cotton-pickin-as-she-interviewed-black-actor-Morgan-Freeman.html#ixzz0eN0JZgTC

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I'm not sure what to make of Fearne.

Some days I listen to the show and think it's really upbeat. Other days she drives me mad talking about the showbiz lifestyle which no other DJ seems to keep going on about. Then there are the features, compared to what Greg has they are terrible and I think anybody would find it hard to make the 'Music Generator' fun and interesting radio! It just all feels very cheap and shallow which annoys me when Fearne actually has a good day and we hear her at her best.

I don't think she meant anything by the remark, just a bit careless.

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it's obvious that she hates black people because of this, and the only answer to this problem is to supress all white people in the uk.

oh come on... i grow tired of hearing about people who get upset by this. it's hardly like she came out and said 'i hate n.....'.

on the grid.

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She didn't mean anything by it!

I have finally had the chance to listen to her a bit more recently and i don't mind her. But i think all the negative comments are affecting her, it doesn't look like she is going anywhere so just except her. :)

I totally agree with this.... I'm sure she meant nothing by the comment.

Yet another example of our PC world gone bloody mad.

One thing I always find remarkable is that people go on & on about the way she talks about herself. She not gonna have a show, and talk about someone else, is she?? All the DJs tell you about their lives and what they're up to.

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I wasnt keen when she was first given the slot and shes not my favourite but I think I've got used to her. It was time for Ms Whiley to move on to something different anyway, likewise Edith. I'm enjoying Greg in the afternoon, hes come on loads since the shift from early breakfast..........

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I think a lot of people weren't keen, because she is replacing a great lady in Jo Whiley, so she was bound to get hit hard. I am greatful she took away the teddybear of the day feature!!

I mean.... please.

That said, she's bright, bubbly and entertaining with her little moods thrown in - she makes mistakes, and she needs to research the bands a bit more. But she's on the up!!

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Radio 1 spokesman said: "Fearne clearly did not mean anything".

Exchange "did" for "does" and I'd agree. Fearne Cotton (wool between the ears) is indeed as meaningless a little piece of fluff as her name suggests.

Of course she didn't mean anything by making this frankly pretty embarrassing faux pas, because she simply isn't clued up enough to realise it might cause offence.

Rather than blame her, I'd prefer to criticise whoever gave her her current position. She is clearly out of her depth.

'To disagree with three-fourths of the British public is one of the first requisites of sanity'.

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Exchange "did" for "does" and I'd agree. Fearne Cotton (wool between the ears) is indeed as meaningless a little piece of fluff as her name suggests.

Of course she didn't mean anything by making this frankly pretty embarrassing faux pas, because she simply isn't clued up enough to realise it might cause offence.

Rather than blame her, I'd prefer to criticise whoever gave her her current position. She is clearly out of her depth.

Nail. Head. Hit.

I have listened to her a few times now, and even though i didn't like Jo Whiley that much i'd rather listen to her than Fearne. We can only hope that Coxy will get to take over that show eventually, and Fearne will just sod off to Switch. Incidently, i like listening to Reggie Yates a lot more now he's on his own.

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