Duo turn South Yorkshire MP's controversial comments on Doctor Who and male role models into viral TikTok song
The video is one in a series where Ryan Carey-Hills and Lauren Hendricks write songs about the week’s news and share them on the short-form video app.
The video titled ‘Weekly Round Up 42’ was posted on Sunday, November 28 to their account @careyhillsandhendricks, and made reference to recent remarks made by the Conservative MP for Don Valley, Nick Fletcher.
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Hide AdIn the video, the duo sang: “Naomi Campbell’s charity finances get checked through, MP has blamed male violence on the female Doctor Who.”
Their song references a speech made on International Men’s Day, where Nick Fletcher called for the need for more positive male role models for young boys.
He reflected on how male roles were being replaced in popular series such as Doctor Who by women - with Jodie Whitaker taking on the mantle of Doctor, and shooting scenes of the popular sci-fi series in Sheffield.
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After he was criticised for the speech, Fletcher took to Twitter to insist he 'did not link Doctor Who being a woman to men committing crime'.
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Hide AdThe video summarising the role model debacle amassed more than 33,700 likes and 237 comments, including one from a user who said: “These just get better. I never watch the news, I just wait for one of these to pop up instead.”
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Ryan and Lauren are musical theatre writers from London, who started singing the news on Sunday, February 14 this year.
They have amassed over 106,300 followers on the app, and a total of 1.4million likes.