BAFTA TV Awards 2018: Sue Perkins is blasted for her 'sexist' jokes as her hosting gig 'falls flat' with viewers

Sue Perkins' performance as host at the 2018 BAFTA TV Awards 'fell flat' with viewers on Sunday night.

The presenter, who fronted the ceremony for the first time last year, opened the show with a traditional monologue, littered with jokes about the gender pay gap, feminism and inequality in the industry.

However, the speech failed to amuse viewers, who instead took to Twitter to brand the 48-year-old 'sexist' and 'self-indulgent'.

The former Bake Off host kicked proceedings off by poking fun at her entrance, which saw her welcomed onstage by a group of Scots Guards.

Addressing the audience at the Royal Festival Hall, she quipped: 'Typical of course, 10 men blowing their own trumpets before a woman even so much as opens her mouth.'

Met with chuckles from the audience, she went on to address the gender pay gap seconds later, adding: 'I don't want to ignore the elephant in the room...but on such a prestigious occasion I feel it would be crass and borderline inappropriate to discuss my fee for tonight.

'So let's just say I'm going to be putting in half the effort. To be honest I haven't even cleaned my teeth.' 

Not stopping there, she interspersed jokes about the Harvey Weinstein scandal and even the Duchess of Cambridge with further comments about gender inequality.

She continued: 'A woman may be hosting this evening but don't worry, I've still got two big fellas up there to keep an eye on me. You know, just to make sure my driving is alright.'

The star even made a dig at fellow television presenter Piers Morgan, after clocking a grand organ onstage beside her.



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