Labour MP Jared O’Mara says he’s ‘ashamed’ of derogatory remarks about celebrities
Written by News on 23/10/2017
A Labour MP who defeated deputy PM Nick Clegg at the elections says he is "ashamed" for making derogatory comments about celebrities.
Jared O’Mara made the derogatory remarks on a music site in 2004, before being elected as MP for Sheffield Hallam.
In comments posted on the Drowned in Sound website, he asked four Girls Aloud members if they would like to "come have an orgy" and joked that it would be funny if jazz musician Jamie Cullum was raped with his own piano and died.
He also claimed that 2003 Pop Idol winner Michelle McManus only won the talent show "because she was fat".
He has now apologised, saying, "these comments were posted years ago, with no offence intended".
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