The Elephant In The Room !

Stewart, one of Debbi's programming team, introduced himself but before he could ask his question, Samantha interrupted. "Tell me Stew, what's it like to see your boss sitting here in the nude ?" The audience laughed. "Well, we have kind of got used to it" replied Stew to more laughter. "Really ?" said Samantha with raised eyebrows. "Some of us were at that evening at the Pink Pussycat of course" Stew explained. "But I sense even that was not the first time ?" Samantha persisted. Stew had to carefully consider which incidents Debbi was fully aware of. "There was also the time she went jet skiing in her underwear. And someone bought her a fishnet body as a Secret Santa present which she modelled for us." More audience laughter. "Sounds like a fun company to work for" commented Samantha, turning to Debbi. "It was all part of building team morale" Debbi replied. "You certainly seem to have a unique way of doing that Debbi. But anyway Stew, I interrupted. What was your question for Debbi ?"

"Er , yeah boss, Um great performance tonight by the way", "Thanks Stew" , "But I was wondering how it feels to know that it had such a wider public exposure and even this interview is getting seen by thousands ?" Debbi blushed. She was trying not to think too hard about it. "Well, it's the total raised that counts isn't it ? That's the important thing, not what I think. Samantha's already read out the figure but if you haven't already donated I think the number's on the screen." There was applause from the audience. She hoped that had fobbed off Stew.

"Yeah but why do you have to do it in such a demeaning way ?" called a loud voice. Debbi recognized a girl from the college. One of the students but not from her class. "Like, sexualizing women and taking the mickey out of black culture ?" There were a few murmurs of agreement but also boos from those opposed to that view. "It's not meant to be taken seriously. It's for, like, entertainment and the only person having the mickey taken out of them is me" Debbi responded. "It's a satire on chav wannabes" called out Jody. "Yeah, what she said" agreed Debbi, shifting awkwardly on the bar stools she and Samantha had been given to sit on and which she was certain had been chosen because it was impossible to sit elegantly on them or to cross her legs.

The mic was passed to one of the HR girls from Debbi's company who had been featured in the reaction shot shown during the finale to Miz No-E's act. She decided to address the elephant in the room. "I think we were all kind of expecting some level of nudity but wasn't it a surprise to have an explicit view of your vagina shown in close up on a big screen ?" There were just a few nervous giggles from the audience.