Peppa Pig celebrates Pride month but gets trolled by vile bigots

Since launching in 2004, the animated programme has picked up countless fans, however has come under fire in recent years for its efforts to promote inclusivity. 

The show was again the focus of some people’s ire after sharing a social media post to celebrate Pride Month. 

To acknowledge the celebrations, the official Peppa Pig Instagram account shared a post that said: ‘Happy Pride Month. Here’s to celebrating love.’ 

The post’s image featured Peppa and her family and friends in front of a rainbow, including Penny Polar Bear, who was introduced to the show last year, and has two mothers.  

While many people thanked the show for continuing to ‘celebrate LGBTQ+ families’, others decided to blast the post with harmful and damaging comments. 

One wrote: ‘Keep pride for adults. Let children be children. It’s complicated for their brains to comprehend such abnormal behaviour.’ 

‘Not with Peppa,’ someone else said, also sharing a thumbs down emoji, which picked up over 100 likes. 

Another added: ‘Why is politics in kids shows?. 

Despite the negative comments, the overwhelming majority praised the show. 

‘Thank you for supporting people being able to be who they are and to be loved for who they are,’ one person said. 

‘Thank you so much for celebrating our type of family, it means so much to our children to see characters they enjoy celebrating Pride,’ someone else wrote. 

Another added: ‘Thank you for not being afraid of showing support this month.’ 

In the episode titled Families, Penny introduced her two mums to Peppa. 

It came after the kid’s show was also hailed a ‘gay icon’ following the release of the first Peppa Pig album, which included a song called Rainbow.  

Peppa Pig is available to stream on My5. 

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