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Katie Price scolded by Phillip Schofield on This Morning after she drops the N-word TWICE on live TV
KATIE Price was scolded by Phillip Schofield on This Morning today after she dropped the N-word TWICE on live TV.
The former glamour girl used the offensive term when talking about the insults that have been hurled at her teenage son Harvey by sick online bullies.
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Katie, 38, made an appearance on the morning show to talk about her campaign for tougher punishments for web trolls.
The issue is close to her heart as Harvey, who has a number of disabilities, has been targeted online and Katie spoke about some of the insults that have been hurled at the 14-year-old.
She shocked This Morning viewers by declaring he had been called a "n*****" and then used the offensive word again just minutes later.
Katie said: "Is it strong enough to call my son a black blind n*****, is that not abuse? They called him a golliwog, that's my son, is that acceptable?"
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She said: "Calling my son a n***** is just not acceptable."
Her outburst prompted a scolding from host Phil.
Telling her off he said: ";Do not use that word again."
During the interview Katie made a passionate plea to stamp out trolling after being left devastated by the abuse her son has received from strangers.
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She said: "How much do I have to take, so in the end, the people who have said this, I put it online and said, 'Does anyone know this person?'
"It would be refreshing if these trolls, these online bullies, I'd like one of them to have the balls for me to talk to, or interview them and say...
"'What is that goes through your head, why do you do it?' Someone has to sit down and take time to do this, what goes through their head?"
Katie was overwhelmed with support from fans on Twitter, who flocked to the website to back Katie for standing up to the trolls.
One wrote: "Why shouldn't she say it? @Schofe @thismorning ?? @MissKatiePrice has to have her son being called it by the #trolls!"
Another added: "Good on @MissKatiePrice for using words others say about harvey. If it offends you think how it makes her feel being directed at her son!!"
A third wrote: "I don't get why @MissKatiePrice was told not to say the N word on tele but it's ok for trolls to say it online everyday 🤔 #doesntmakesense."
In a later post, one wrote: "Maybe Katie Price shouldn't have dropped the n-bomb on day time TV 😂 but she didn't use the word against anyone. It doesn't make her racist."
But some insisted Katie should not have used such an offensive term on morning TV.
With one writing: "I see her point and she wasn't saying it in a derogatory manner but she may have been smarter to avoid it."
Katie is campaigning for tougher legal action against online bullies and has also called for more stringent checks to take place when people want to open a new account on social media sites such as Instagram and Facebook.
She said: "I want to go and meet [bosses at] Facebook, Instagram.
"If you want to get a car or credit card, [for finance checks] they want to know everything [about you] so why can't they do that online and you can be tracked?
"You can get taken down but then go back on again in a different name.
"I'm gonna make sure with my Pricey Power I can do something about it, because it's just not good enough."
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The mum-of-five started a petition and recently celebrated reaching 200,000 signatures to make online bullying a criminal offence.
Sharing a screenshot on Instagram of more than 200,000 signatures, Katie wrote: “SO happy! Thankyou all so much for your support, we have officially hit 200k signatures on the petition!!...
"I would love to go round schools and stuff but even when you go to schools and educate them, it's when you come out [things happen]."
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After her appearance on the show, Katie posted a video on Instagram explaining why she chose to use such an inflammatory word on live TV.
She said: "So I've just been on This Morning and I've made the headlines everywhere cos I used the word n*****.
"Yes I did use the word n***** because that's what people call my son. They call him a blind n*****, black spastic. They call him a golliwog.
"So I'm glad I made headlines using that word because I can get it out there that it's not acceptable."
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