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Sam Cook

Gogglebox receives almost 150 complaints for airing controversial scene

Channel 4's Gogglebox has come under fire for its coverage of Apple TV's Roar. Ofcom received almost 150 complaints about a scene that involved a woman and a duck. Families from hit series Gogglebox - including siblings Sophie and Pete Sandiford and besties Jenny Newby and Lee Riley - were visibly shocked by the scene.

Watching the clip from Roar: The Woman Who Was Fed by a Duck the families looked on as Eliza (played by Merritt Wever) started to undress herself in front of a duck. In disbelief, Helena and her family from Manchester cried out, "Shut up! Give over!"

Following the clip, viewers took to Twitter to express their shock that Channel 4 had featured it on Gogglebox. Andrew J Mullen went to the extent of saying: "Is there no limit to the depth of depravity that producers will stoop to these days?" Another tweeter said that they'd "never look at a duck the same again".

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Viewers were disturbed by a scene featuring a duck (Channel 4)

@Rickodunbar wrote: "Well I’m never taking the kids down the park to see the ducks again after that. #Gogglebox."

@garethowenshaw simply put, "WHAT THE DUCK."

Ofcom has now said that they have received 149 complaints about the episode.. Roar is a feminist anthology series, which premiered earlier this month and is based on the 2018 short story collection of the same name by Cecelia Ahern. It features actress Nicole Kidman as a producer.

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