Today the internet, and BBC complaints inbox, broke because Rita Ora went on The One Show wearing a low-cut white suit. Obviously, viewers were outraged, and sent around 400 complaints because the kids who are watching pre-watershed telly have never seen any of Rita Ora’s music videos, any of Rihanna’s music videos, looked at a newspaper stand or Googled anything before. And now they have been forever corrupted because a mentor on The Voice showed some cleavage.
If we’re honest, watching The Voice is more likely to corrupt our minds than seeing a bit of breast – but this just opens up the constant double standard debate party: if Rihanna can writhe around on a throne in a sparkly thong with dollar bills sticking out everywhere, and women everywhere can turn up to film premieres with both their boobs out, why can’t Rita Ora wear a white suit with a plunging neckline? What exactly is going to happen? Will the world stop turning because it’s 7pm? Can we all just chill out and accept that it’s not 1856 anymore?
To prove a point, we’ve pulled together a number of things the BBC has broadcast, pre-watershed, that are categorically way worse than a plunging neckline. And despite how much we wanted to, we didn’t include will.i.am’s persistent wearing of sunglasses indoors – even though it’s a total health hazard. What if a small child emulates him, then falls down some stairs because they can’t see properly? Way more risky.
Bad Things
1 of 6Strictly Come Dancing
This is just one example of the sort of stuff that goes down on the show. Thrusting, costumes that are so tight the contestants might as well not be wearing any trousers, and really gaudy lycra. Loads worse.
2 of 6Eastenders
Kush from EastEnders got naked last October in a bid to convince the Walford residents to do a naked calendar. Bit more revealing than Rita.
3 of 6Jeremy Clarkson
Yep, Jeremy Clarkson is way more offensive than Rita Ora and the Beeb continually air his views. From casually saying that lorry driver's 'murder prostitutes' to travelling around Argentina with a registration plate referencing the Falklands, he's just a bit of a prick isn't he?
4 of 6The Great British Bakeoff
Whoever okayed the broadcasting of this squirrel's gigantic wang should probably get an award or something.
5 of 6Mrs. Brown's Boys
Offensive on so many levels it makes Rita Ora's neckline look like a fluffy duck in the hands of a Blue Peter presenter. Mainly because it's so unfunny it makes us want to cry.
6 of 6Saturday Kitchen
Nothing better than James Martin celebrating Rick Stein's 'delicious looking dick' (rather than 'dish') on a Saturday morning. And yet it got barely any complaints in comparison to Rita's chest.
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This article originally appeared on The Debrief.