No matter how heinous someone`s behaviour, if you make them a comic character, you can`t expect people to hate them.
When people say `love to hate`, they actually mean `love to be appalled by` - if they truly hated them, they`d never repeat a catch phrase.
You have to be at best only half-aware of what you`re trying... if you know what you`re looking for, there`s no attempt to do some real work.
The pursuit of approval usually ends in disaster.
If a terrorist group wanted to hit Britain, all they`d have to do is kill 100 random celebrities. The country would have a nervous breakown.
I just feel tired now if people are shocked. If it`s not for you, just don`t bloody watch it.
A sitcom isn`t usually the right tool for satire.