Editing Bo' Selecta! (section)

==Controversies==
Speaking to ''[[The Sunday Times]]'' in 2007, Craig David confessed that "Inside it was absolutely pissing me off and hurtful beyond belief. There were times when I thought, ‘I just want to knock this guy out.’" Although David made an appearance himself in the programme, he regretted it even as he was making it: "I didn’t want people to think, 'Craig’s reacting to it,’ because then they would think, 'How can we get up Craig's nose even more?’ So, I did it, but I wasn't happy about it." However, in 2015, David dismissed his disappointment with his caricature, explaining that his PR team insisted that he "play hurt" and had since "made peace" with Francis. David did say in 2022 that he felt the show “made cheap shots” of various celebrities including [[David Beckham]] and that he felt that the rubber mask portrayal of various black celebrities was racist. He also questioned Francis’ apology over the timing in terms of the [[George Floyd protests]] in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-12 |title=Craig David blasts Leigh Francis for his 'racist' comedy on Bo' Selecta! |url=https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/craig-david-blasts-leigh-francis-100000014.html?guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAANOxM84_Xcq0wqjTurRevfRLgaqcP-xmO8kET94ujEuKhU66dsDGnmaPVpOdqSVKFy1Kt2ffJMPPjcgJsb1G71H71Y6dH5x3R1wliAEBcSP1kZu1pjV1DQNTKeI7EZEvVIwiykDv1E8whx-L4biKov9MWpEKXkpE21AwM_W_IzcG |access-date=2025-01-24 |website=uk.movies.yahoo.com |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Craig David questions Keith Lemon star’s ‘apology’ for ‘racist’ Bo’ Selecta portrayal |url=https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/tv/news/craig-david-keith-lemon-bo-selecta-b2198837.html |access-date=2025-01-24}}</ref>

[[Trisha Goddard]] did not like the way she was portrayed on the show, feeling her portrayal was "racially over the top" and that she would try to avoid Francis at public events, feeling "sick to her stomach". She discussed her children being bullied as a result of the show.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-53020755|title=Trisha Goddard 'hated' Bo' Selecta portrayal|work=BBC News |date=12 June 2020}}</ref>

In June 2020, after an agreement between Channel 4 and Francis, the show was taken down from [[All 4]] following backlash over its frequent use of [[blackface]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a32825192/bo-selecta-blackface-all4-leigh-francis/|title=Bo' Selecta! removed from All4 following backlash over blackface|date=10 June 2020|website=Digital Spy}}</ref> Francis apologised for playing black celebrities in the show.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/keith-lemon-urges-craig-david-to-stop-talking-about-bo-selecta-3354380 | title=Keith Lemon urges Craig David to "stop talking" about 'Bo Selecta' | website=[[NME]] | date=23 November 2022 }}</ref>