‘Bluey’ cartoon edited after outrage over alleged ‘fat-shaming’ episode

A kids’s cartoon a couple of household of canines needed to edit one in every of its episodes about health after audiences objected to the daddy character being self-critical of his weight.

“Bluey” is a cartoon a couple of household of Australian Cattle Canines that has change into wildly standard lately.

It has ranked among the many high 10 most streamed collection within the US in line with recent Nielsen ratings and even bought a balloon in New York Metropolis’s Thanksgiving Day parade.

A current episode of the present was reportedly edited by its creators at Brisbane, Australia-based Ludo Studios after some accused one episode of ‘fat-shaming.’

“The most recent instalment [sic] of Bluey, which was broadcast on ABC in Australia, confirmed the title character’s dad and mom complaining about their weight,” BBC’s Nichola Rutherford wrote. “Critics stated the present may result in younger viewers growing worries about their very own our bodies. An ABC spokesperson stated the episode had been edited, and the brand new model could be distributed globally.”

The episode, “Train,” begins with Bluey’s father, Bandit, weighing himself whereas Bluey is within the bathtub, noting that he must do some train.

His spouse, Chilli, agrees.

“That part of the present has now been reduce after some dad and mom and well being specialists raised issues on social media about body-shaming,” Rutherford wrote. “Some stated they didn’t need their kids to see adults being dissatisfied with the form of their our bodies, and solely utilizing train to drop a few pounds.”

A spokesperson for Australia Broadcasting Company informed the BBC that it helps the selection to vary the episode.

“The current episode of Bluey, Train, has been republished by the ABC following a choice by the makers of the programme,” the spokesperson stated. “The brand new model offers households with the chance to handle essential conversations in their very own approach. As the house of Bluey, the ABC helps the choice to re-edit this system, and we have now up to date the episode on our platforms.”

A couple of hosts on GBN joked in regards to the outrage.

“I’m nervous about this type of stuff that you just get lots of social justice messaging inside cartoons,” host Andrew Doyle stated. “You, we even had the Pink Information do a report on Bluey on this very factor final yr, the place they criticized it saying there weren’t sufficient gender-diverse or canines colour, in Bluey, and Bluey is definitely blue.”

One other member on the panel replied that his household loves the present, and joked about what he heard of this episode to this point, “The dad’s nervous about his weight and says ‘Perhaps I ought to do some train’ and the mother says ‘Right here perhaps you must,’ ooh! Now, I’m shocked the dad doesn’t name the mother the b-word as a result of they’re canines. You’d get away with it.”