What the bleep?! It seems like each year television gets more lenient with the amount profane language that is allowed to be spoken on various shows and much less bleeping is happening.
Just this past month at the Golden Globe awards, many of the celebrities presenting awards used explicit language in their jokes including the f-bomb before hand- ing out awards. Luckily, the station was on a short delay, which allowed for the infamous bleep to cover the foul language. However, last week, Coldplay’s Chris Martin dropped the f-bomb in a live press conference before the Superbowl and the bleep was not there to save him.
Most times the profanity is “bleeped” out, but some- times when the show is live, unscripted and is not on any type of delay, there is no covering a curse word that comes out of someones mouth.
The problem becomes the fact that these celebrities are emulated by so many. Of course everyone slips the word sh*t once in a while, but when it comes to being on national television saying the s-word it is not as accept- able; celebrities really need to be mindful of their mouth.
When it comes to big award shows or sports content, there is no need to use language that is offensive. So many people, including young children, look up to these stars who play in their favorite movie or sing in their favorite band. When a child hears someone they emulate use inappropriate language, they assume that kind of lan- guage is “cool.”
Although parents should have the last say as to whether or not a child is allowed to watch certain television shows where profane language may be used, celebrities should still be mindful of the fact that not everyone walks around using swear words and many are offended by this type of language. It really is not necessary to add the f-word to a sentence to get people’s attention or make a joke funny, especially when the world is watching on television.
Of course, some of the “blame” has to land on the television station to bleep out inappropriate content, but overall if people are just more mindful of what they are saying, it would make things a lot easier on everybody. So celebrities, stop f**king cursing when you are being watched on television by thousands of people.
