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Tina Campbell

Rosie Jones hits out at 'ableist' trolls again as she's mocked for Big Fat Quiz of the Year appearance

Comedian Rosie Jones has hit out again at trolls following her latest TV appearance.

The Yorkshire-born 33-year-old appeared on Channel 4's The Big Fat Quiz of the Year alongside fellow stars including Katherine Ryan, Mo Gilligan, Richard Ayoade and Mel Giedroyc.

However, after the episode aired on Boxing Day, Jones - who has cerebral palsy - found herself cruelly trolled online and decided to address the "ableist" comments on her own social media.

Taking to X, formerly known as Twitter, Jones re-shared a tweet from just a few weeks ago where she had tackled similar remarks following her stand-up performance at the Royal Variety Performance.

Rosie Jones appeared on Channel 4's The Big Fat Quiz of the Year (Channel 4)

She wrote alongside it: "Rinse and repeat. Different telly show, same old ableism. Thanks for the support, but I’m gonna lie low for a bit and sink into the perineum of Christmas and New Year."

Her post was met with a flood of support from her followers online.

"Well said Rosie! I love watching you on TV," wrote one person, adding: "You were fab on both shows!!

"You’re wonderful xxx people who tap away on here, not taking your feelings into account, are definitely not ‘fun’ or ‘funny’." agreed another.

A third wrote: "Dearest Rosie! You are brilliant, clever and hilarious. Some people are just bitter. And jealous. And awful. They don’t matter. Onwards……"

Jones went down a storm with the live audience during her turn at the Royal Variety Performance, however some viewers at home used social media to make nasty remarks.

Hitting back at the time, Jones sent a message to the virtual bullies saying she simply wasn't going to have it.

She wrote: "So I was on the Royal Variety last night I just want to make something clear, if you want to write to me to tell me that I’m not funny, don’t, because I don’t care.

"If you want to say that I’m too disabled to be on telly or you can’t understand me, don’t bother, because again, I don’t care and I’m going to carry on being on your screen with my big disabled voice.”

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