Coronation Street cleared by Ofcom over gay kiss

Billy and Todd's recent kiss in Eileen's kitchen on Coronation Street managed to upset a fair number of viewers.   So many people complained (67 in fact) that the scene was referred to Ofcom for complaint under the broadcasting code.

Today, the scene has been cleared.

An Ofcom spokesperson today said: "We considered a number of complaints objecting to two male characters kissing in this episode, but won't be investigating.

"Our rules do not discriminate between scenes involving opposite sex and same sex couples.

"Also the scenes were not in any way sexually explicit. For these reasons they were not scheduled inappropriately and did not exceed generally accepted standards."

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