Dapper Laughs
| Dapper Laughs | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Daniel O'Reilly |
| Born | London, England |
| Years active | 2013–present |
| Website | www.dapperlaughs.com |
Daniel O'Reilly, better known by his stage name Dapper Laughs, is a British comedian, pickup artist and social media participant from Clapham Common, London.
Dapper Laughs became known on the social networking sites Facebook and Vine, where he has 1,600,000 and 575,000 followers respectively. In addition to this, he was active on social media sites such as Snapchat, Twitter and YouTube. His comedy has been described as promoting lad culture; some critics regard him as a rape culture advocate. [1][2]
Career
In 2014, Laughs released the single "Proper Moist".[3] The song entered the UK Singles Chart at number 15. Starting in 2014, Dapper Laughs began his Moist Tour of the UK; his supporting act on the tour was fellow Viner, Joe Charman. In July, he released "Take It To The Base". The music video was released on YouTube, but has since then been made private.
In September 2014, his show, entitled Dapper Laughs: On the Pull began on ITV2, where he tried to increase the participants' chances of obtaining sex with women.[4][5][6]
In November 2014, Laughs criticised the website UsVsTh3m on Twitter for what he viewed as an unfavourable review of his new album Proper Naughty Christmas. Laughs suggested that the review could hinder his goal of raising money for homelessness charity Shelter.[7] As a result of UsVsTh3m highlighting the lyrics of one of the album tracks as offensive to the homeless, the charity posted on their official Twitter feed that they would be refusing donations from Laughs.[7] Laughs later made an apology in a statement.[8]
Laughs was heavily criticised in November 2014 when, soon after accusations that his ITV show On The Pull was degrading to women,[9] he claimed that a female audience member at one of his live shows was "gagging for a rape."[10] An online petition eventually gained 68,210 signatures with the hashtag #CancelDapper asked ITV to end the series.[11] On 10 November, ITV announced they were not renewing the series for a second season as a result.[12] A forthcoming Dapper Laughs tour was also cancelled.[11]
On 11 November 2014, O'Reilly announced on Newsnight that his Dapper Laughs character had been indefinitely retired. When interviewed on the BBC programme, he claimed he did not realise the problems he had caused. O'Reilly also claimed that the media played a major role in the anger directed at him.[13] In December that year, O'Reilly resurrected the character.[14]
Discography
Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | SCO [15] | |||
| 2014 | "Proper Moist" | 15 | 35 | Non-album single |
| 2014 | "Take it to the Base" | - | Unknown | "Non-album single" |
References
- ^ "You've helped create a rapist's almanac". Chortle. Chortle. 8 October 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
- ^ "Dapper Laughs apologises over 'sexist' homeless jokes", BBC Newsbeat, 9 November 2014
- ^ "iTunes - Music - Proper Moist - Single by Dapper Laughs". iTunes. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
- ^ [1] [dead link]
- ^ Powder Blue Internet Business Solutions. "Dapper Laughs On The Pull". Chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
{{cite web}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ Hannah Ellis-Petersen. "YouTube star Dapper Laughs lands his own ITV2 dating show". the Guardian. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
- ^ a b Cresci, Elena (7 November 2014). "Shelter refuses to take donations from ITV star Dapper Laughs". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
- ^ "Dapper Laughs: ITV defends 'respectful' comedian claiming he is 'neither sexist nor degrading to women'". The Independent. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
- ^ Conlan, Tara (10 November 2014). "ITV under pressure to axe Dapper Laughs show over misogyny claims". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
- ^ Denham, Jess (10 November 2014). "Dapper Laughs seen joking about rape in video after apologising for 'sexist' homeless comments". The Independent. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
- ^ a b Stephenson, Janey (14 November 2014). "Julien Blanc and Dapper Laughs have learnt about the power of clicktivism the hard way". The Independent. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
- ^ "ITV will not continue Dapper Laughs show". ITV News. ITV. 10 November 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
- ^ Tara Conlan. "Dapper Laughs on Newsnight: 'I did not realise that I was causing a problem'". the Guardian. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
- ^ "Dapper Laughs act is resurrected despite sexism accusations". The Guardian. The Guardian. 25 December 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
- ^ Peak positions for singles in Scotland:
- For "Proper Moist": "Chart Archive > February 22, 2014". Official Charts Company. 2014-02-22.