THE politically correct culture that seems ever more prevailing can f*** off, says Australian comedy legend Kevin ‘Bloody’ Wilson.
In an era where ‘it was a just joke’ is no longer an automatic get out of jail free card, even for comedians, Wilson alludes to one of his more famous songs DILLIGAF, otherwise known as ‘Do I Look Like I Give a F***?’
“I am working on a new song at the moment called ‘My Give a F*** Meter is F***ed’,” Wilson told The Gazette ahead of his ‘The Second of His Final Farewell Tours...Perhaps’, which will hit Windsor Leagues Club on Sunday, April 30.
“I really don't care what other people think [about my jokes],” he said.
“Fortunately when I perform I am with a group of like-minded people who don't necessarily agree with everything I say but see the funny side of what it is all about.
“If I have an ability or a skill, it is being able to see the funny side of most situations.”
Wilson said despite the ever-growing PC culture in Australia and globally, his attitude of not caring what other people thought had allowed him to thrive and survive, even with his particular brand of expletive-laden humour.
“This is exactly how we all talk, but we tidy it up when it is appropriate, and we swear when it is appropriate,” he said.
“If I was at a wedding, expected to make a speech, I wouldn't go up and say 'what a f***ing top day it is today'. You would talk in a manner that was appropriate.”
“If I am with my mates having coffee, which I generally do when I am home, sure, we all talk like that. If the wives turn up, we limit it, you put a lid on that sort of stuff. It is commonsense. That is something I have been saying forever and that is, commonsense isn't that common anymore.”
Wilson summed up his feelings on the matter succinctly.
“Political correctness is f***ed,” he said.
“If we want to get on with the job of cleaning up the world or Australia, the best thing we can do is go on and declare war on political correctness.”
As for the tour, Wilson will be joined by his daughter and fellow comedian Jenny Talia.
Wilson said he never had to keep an eye on his language while his daughter was around.
“She grew up listening to me and thought ‘well I could do that as well’,” he said.
“She listens to stories the same as I do from her friends and she puts them into songs the same way I do and uses the same formula I do.”
Wilson will appear at Windsor Leagues Club on Sunday, April 30 at 7.30pm.
Tickets: kevinbloodywilson.com or windsorleagues.com.au.
