By Anna Ellis • Published: 13 Aug 2022 • 10:46
Thomas the Tank Engine's fat controller can no longer be labelled as fat. Image: Blanscape/Shutterstock.com
Instead, he is to be referred to by his real name, Sir Topham Hatt, the Daily Mail confirmed on Friday, August 12.
In 2018 Thomas the Tank Engine was updated to become more multicultural and introduce female characters after being accused of sexism, racism and classism
The new female characters added were Isla, an Australian flying doctor; Hong-mei, a number 1 blue tank engine from China; and Churubala, a female railway controller from India.
The Thomas the Tank Engine universe was the work of an Anglican minister, Reverend Wilbert Awdry.
In 1942 began telling stories about trains to amuse his son Christopher, who had come down with measles.
Fans were not quite so supportive of the move. One tweeted: “They are now coming after the Fat Controller from Thomas the Tank Engine apparently it’s a slur 🤡”
They are now coming after the Fat Controller from Thomas the Tank Engine apparently it’s a slur 🤡🌎🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️ — Gary (@fitnessgp78) August 12, 2022
They are now coming after the Fat Controller from Thomas the Tank Engine apparently it’s a slur 🤡🌎🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
— Gary (@fitnessgp78) August 12, 2022
Another said: “As a fat person I think this is deranged”
As a fat person I think this is deranged https://t.co/vTyBOKEYWA — brian lucey https://mastodon.social/@brianlucey (@brianmlucey) August 12, 2022
As a fat person I think this is deranged https://t.co/vTyBOKEYWA
— brian lucey https://mastodon.social/@brianlucey (@brianmlucey) August 12, 2022
One responded: “The woke loons are now saying ‘the Fat Controller in Thomas the Tank Engine causes offence 😩😩😩😩”
https://twitter.com/abline11/status/1558078496919912449
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Originally from Derbyshire, Anna has lived in the middle of nowhere on the Costa Blanca for 19 years. She is passionate about her animal family including four dogs and four horses, musicals and cooking.
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