I had to blink a few times to make sure I was seeing all this right. 'Completely inappropriate and deeply offensive performers were hired by independent contractor Vision who manage Redbridge libraries and leisure centres. Labour councillor Jas Athwal has apologised and tweeted: 'I was appalled by the incident in Redbridge Libraries on Saturday.
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The Redbridge Libraries Summer Reading Challenge run by Redbridge Council in east London set up the event but the library has since apologised for the 'inappropriate' costume.Ī full investigation has also been launched by the council to get to the bottom of how taxpayers' money was used to hire the actors. Parents have voiced their disgust after a Labour council hired an actor in a rainbow-coloured monkey costume with a fake penis and nipples to appear at a library event for children.
I mean how many librarian/councillor eyes had to behold the Rainbow Dildo Butt Monkey before he was released into the wild to delight the children of Redbridge? /SbkDerdDZb “In future, when we think back on the zeitgeist of 2021, we may remember Rainbow Dildo Butt Monkey, and wonder how on earth we descended to thinking that this was suitable entertainment for children.” “Can a word capture the spirit of an age? Images certainly can,” tweeted Twitter user Dr. It is not immediately clear who the performer was. Video footage and photographs posted on social media shows a number of performers outside the event, including an individual dressed in a rainbow monkey costume exposing a fake buttocks and a fake penis. Redbridge Libraries hosted the Mandinga Arts Group at a Redbridge Libraries Summer Reading Challenge event Saturday in east London, the Evening Standard reported.
Redbridge Libraries hosted Mandinga Arts Group at a Redbridge Libraries Summer Reading Challenge event Saturday in east London where video footage posted on social media shows a number of performers outside the event, according to the Evening Standard.A London library is apologizing for bringing in a “Rainbow Dildo Butt Monkey” to entertain children.