WATCH: 'About time!' Nana and Alex react to BBC releasing statement on Bob Vylan footage

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Nana Akua and Alexander Armstrong have teared into the BBC for its "delayed" response to Bob Vylan's controversial performance at Glastonbury Festival on Saturday.It comes after the BBC released a statement this morning admitting it "made an error" in not pulling the live stream of the controversial performance.The performance that sparked outrage occurred on Saturday at Glastonbury's West Holts Stage, where rapper Bobby Vylan led crowds in chants of "Death, death to the IDF" and "Free, free Palestine."Speaking about the statement from the BBC on GB News, Alex said: "You know what it is about time. How has it taken them this long to come to this conclusion? And it comes from pressure from organisations like GB News."READ THE FULL STORY HERE

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00:00Well, breaking news, the BBC has released this statement.

00:04Millions of people tuned in to enjoy Glastonbury this weekend

00:07across the BBC's outfit for one performance

00:10within our live streams included.

00:13That was deeply offensive.

00:15The BBC respects freedom of expression

00:17but stands firmly against incitement to violence.

00:20The anti-Semitic statements,

00:22sentiments expressed by Bob Villam,

00:24were utterly unacceptable and have no place on our airwaves.

00:28We welcome Glastonbury's condemnation of the performance.

00:32Do you know what?

00:33About time.

00:35How has it taken them this long to come to this conclusion

00:37and pressure from organisations like GB News and you've all at home?

00:42I know we've had a lot of comments today saying,

00:44and we were talking about this earlier, weren't we, Hannah,

00:46saying, please stop showing this footage,

00:48please stop talking about it.

00:49But if we don't talk about it, nothing changes.

00:51And this is why it's so important we have these discussions

00:54about things that we saw from Bob Villam were absolutely vile.

00:57They were vulgar.

00:58They never should have been broadcast

01:00under your taxpayer dime effectively on the BBC.

01:03That's what it is.

01:03You're basically paying for it under your TV licence.

01:06And quite frankly, I'm glad that they've at least come to the conclusion

01:08that they should have pulled it.

01:10Well, pulled it and had some...

01:11What was their contingency for this?

01:13And the thing is, what you're seeing,

01:15and people are asking us not to play it,

01:16but you can see now, Sandra,

01:18she said, please stop playing that man inciting violence against the IDF.

01:21It really is too much now.

01:22As someone has said, talk about it,

01:25but don't keep showing it.

01:26Well, look, again, Sandra,

01:28we are making sure that something happens about this nonsense

01:30because we are funding the BBC

01:33and they are the BBC for everyone in this country.

01:37That includes Israeli people

01:39and, of course, Jewish people

01:40and all of us who pay and watch or listen to it.

01:44So there is no justification for them to continue showing this footage.

01:49And it wasn't even just that.

01:51That is a snapshot of what it was.

01:53There were other things saying,

01:55you want your country back, then forget it kind of thing.

01:57Forget you, but I'm being polite, using polite words.

02:00There were free Palestine chants

02:02and from the river to the sea,

02:04all of which we know are offensive to Jewish people

02:06and in particular those who live in Israel

02:09and who are from Israel.

02:11It is totally unacceptable.

02:12And finally, it took them a long time, I think,

02:16it's finally they've said something.

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