There was an uproar when Øyunn Krogh’s (27) breasts were shown in the NRK program “24-star Christmas calendar”. She took off her top and asked if anyone wanted milk in their coffee during a task where you had to make a family laugh.
Krogh admits that she is reasonably tired of talking about it, having spoken out a number of times in the past about both the stunt and reactions in the comments section.
But, when it became known that three complaints will be the topic of Thursday’s meeting at the Broadcasting Council, Krogh still has some thoughts to share.
24 celebrities competed to be 2022’s Christmas star. It was Øyunn Krogh who ran away with the victory. Photo: Julia Marie Naglestad/NRK
In the press release, NRK writes that there will be a “puppy debate”.
– It’s comical, just like the feature. I hope they get a comical debate and that it can spread some joy in the K-rådet, says Krogh to God kveld Norge.
Evidence of discrimination
The 27-year-old is quick to point out why the three complaints, and all the commotion surrounding the doll stunt, are problematic.
– The fact that it is going to the council is proof that we have not come any further.
Krogh says it is important that women and men should be allowed to use their bodies as a tool in everyday life – also when it comes to humour.
Krogh points out that participant Emil Gukild tore off his shirt in NRK’s advent calendar, without it causing any storm. The moment is used in the promo image. Photo: Julia Marie Naglestad/NRK, graphics: Animaskin
She praises NRK for taking a stand by not cutting out the doll feature, which she hopes the Broadcasting Council also appreciates.
The episode with the pupa stunt was broadcast on 12 December. One week later, NRK had received 34 complaints about the program – most of them concerned nudity, got See and hear enlightened.
Good evening Norway has been given access to some of the complaints:
– Shit
The influencer says she is proud of the stunt, but thinks it is ridiculous that she has become a kind of figurehead to show off her body. At the premiere party for the Christmas calendar, she appeared in a see-through dress. It did not go unnoticed.
– I don’t see myself as a profile that needs to undress. I have read comments where people write that they did not want their wife to go like this and that something must be left to the imagination. Whose imagination? It is an old-fashioned view.
She points out that this week, comedian Steinar Hallert has shown his arsehole on TV. All the media houses made an issue of it.
Discovery+ informs Good evening Norway that there have been no viewer complaints about the episode.
– I’m sick of being scolded for doing exactly the same as men. If I were a man, I would not be as well known today, because nothing I had done had provoked, says Krogh, and elaborates:
– Misunderstand me correctly. I mean I deserve my place and my job, but it’s very easy for me to shock and make headlines with all these silly “rules” I break. I’m not an angry feminist or hater of men, but people need to realize that there are still limitations and a skewed view of the sexes.
I think the rules of the game are different
In recent days, comedians have circled around Martha Leivestad, who has been provoked after an appearance on “Rikets Roast”, which Krogh points out as an example of how gender plays a role in how the public reacts to humour.
– I don’t understand why people are afraid of funny ladies who don’t bother to play by the rules of the game that have been laid out for us, says Krogh, and adds:
– I stand very strongly in the doll debate, and can only say that I, like all men, will continue to undress for the sake of humour.
