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Peppa Pig Post Bidding Children ‘Happy Pride Month’ Sparks Parental Backlash

Peppa Pig Post Bidding Children ‘Happy Pride Month’ Sparks Parental Backlash
Peppa Pig characters during the Platinum Pageant in London, England, on June 5, 2022. Leon Neal/WPA Pool/Getty Images
Carly Mayberry
Carly Mayberry
6/6/2023|Updated: 6/6/2023

Parents have voiced their disapproval toward the popular British children’s series Peppa Pig for wishing its fans a “Happy Pride Month” on social media.

The animated character was featured alongside her family and friends making the proclamation under a recumbent rainbow on its official Instagram page on June 1, also noting “Here’s to celebrating love.” That prompted a plethora of negative comments from concerned parents.
Carly Mayberry
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As a seasoned journalist and writer, Carly has covered the entertainment and digital media worlds as well as local and national political news and travel and human-interest stories. She has written for Forbes and The Hollywood Reporter. Most recently, she served as a staff writer for Newsweek covering cancel culture stories along with religion and education.
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