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On This Gay Day: Reverend Jerry Falwell got upset about Teletubbies

Religious leader Jerry Falwell declares Tinky Winky is gay American religious leader Jerry Falwell declared on this day in 1999 that children’s television character Tinky Winky was gay. Falwell claimed there were many signs that the purple Teletubby was a homosexual. The British TV series had taken the world by storm in the late 1990’s […]

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The Teletubbies float future Lil Nas X collaboration

The Teletubbies float future Lil Nas X collaboration

It seems everyone wants to work with Lil Nas X as his Montero album garners critical acclaim and racks up sales and streaming statistics. Even the colourful foursome of The Teletubbies have reached out to the queer rapper suggesting a collaboration. Posting images to Twitter of themselves on the cover of Montero, the iconic children’s performers  asked “Lil Nas […]

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Style icon Tinky Winky spotted at New York’s Fashion Week

Style icon Tinky Winky spotted at New York’s Fashion Week

Style icon Tinky Winky from the Teletubbies has been spotted at a range of events at New York’s fashion week. Donning dark sunglasses, the children’s television star took the streets of the Big Apple visiting designers and fashion influencers, including Christian Cowan and VFILES. As the fashion world made its most anticipated return to in-person […]

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Simon Sheldon Barnes, actor who played Tinky Winky, dies aged 52

Simon Sheldon Barnes, actor who played Tinky Winky, dies aged 52

Simon Shelton Barnes, the actor who played purple Teletubby Tinky Winky, has died aged 52. The Teletubies became a global phenomenon when they first appeared in 1997, as the education experts argued if the psychedelic show, that featured four colourful characters who speak like babies and have televisions embedded in the bellies, was actually good […]

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