Unclassy Rosie Jones slammed for David Attenborough | UK News

Stand-up comic Rosie Jones has come under fire for a controversial joke she made about national treasure Sir David Attenborough. The Taskmaster star, 35, shared a quip from one of her routines on Instagram, in which she joked she is “waiting” for David, 99, to die.

Alongside snaps of Rosie on stage, the post read: “I love David Attenborough, but right now I am waiting for him to die. Hear me out – he’s a national treasure! But right now, in the UK, we have so many national treasures, if anything, too many. Right now, we’re talking a one-in, one-out situation. And I want in!” she completed.

Rosie’s caption to the post added: “Listen. I’m not wishing anything BAD on Dave. I’m just saying… I’m here… waiting…”

But although lots of followers discovered the quip humorous, with lots posting cry-laughing emojis in the feedback part, others weren’t so impressed.

One wrote: “Just me or does this feel distasteful to anyone else?”

While another echoed: “So unclassy.” A 3rd said: “As an Attenborough fan this is wildly offensive.”

Other followers noticed the humorous aspect, with one writing: “This is going to look so suspicious if he dies soon. I’ve got my eye on you Rosie.”

“I’m just really scared he dies soon and you’re under the spotlight!” another joked.

It comes just months after Rosie slammed fellow comedians Jimmy Carr and Ricky Gervais for their controversial trans jokes.

She branded them “privileged cis white straight men” who “open their newspaper and go, ‘Oh, people are talking about trans people. I can know a bit about that without experiencing it at all.’”

Rosie said: “To those boys, I’d say with respect, shut the f*** up.”