TV 2 with a raised index finger: Participants and their families have received 'hate messages and direct threats'

TV 2 confirms in a written response that they have made crisis support available for participants.

Martin Johannes Larsen is one of those who have been hard hit by negative comments on social media. (Photo: © Thomas Traasdahl, Ritzau Scanpix) Today at 13:38 Updated Today at 14:04

The article has been updated with more information.

While the debate about 'Alle elsker Rasmus' has raged over the past week, the criticism has not only been directed at TV 2 and the production company Drive, which produced the program.

Several of the 149 people who helped trick the comedian Rasmus Wallbridge in the now de-published prank program have faced harsh criticism on social media, among other places.

And it has been "far too violent", according to TV 2 in a written response to DR.

- What we are seeing right now is far too violent. The extent of hate messages and direct threats against the participants, their families, and others involved in the production of 'Alle elsker Rasmus' has reached a level that no one should be subjected to, says content director Ulla Pors.

The channel also states that as responsible for the program, they have a duty to take care of the participants.

- We make available the resources that may be needed, for example in terms of crisis support and handling of threats, says the content director.

Comedian Rasmus Wallbridge is the main character in the prank program, which TV 2 is behind and has now removed. (Archive photo) (Photo: © Ida Marie Odgaard, Ritzau Scanpix)

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Critics in comment threads on social media

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When all episodes of the program were released last week, several debaters and comedians described the concept as adult bullying. ( https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/tv-2-program-vaekker-vrede-jeg-synes-det-er-mobning )

Rasmus Wallbridge was led to believe that he was about to live out his big dream of making a feature film, but after four months he was told that it was all just for fun. That everyone on the film set had been acting towards him, and that it had all been filmed with hidden cameras.

This has led many to be critical of actors such as Anders W. Bertelsen, Julie Rudbæk, Jesper Zuzchlag, Casper Christensen, and others among the participants.

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Several of them - and especially Rasmus Wallbridge's good friend Martin Johannes Larsen, who was in charge of the prank - have received many critical comments on social media and on Reddit, after they made posts apologizing for having participated in the program.

Most recently, Martin Johannes Larsen has chosen to withdraw from the upcoming TV program 'Nytårsfesten' on TV 2.

Read also: Martin Johannes Larsen withdraws as host of TV 2 program ( https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/kultur/martin-johannes-larsen-traekker-sig-som-vaert-paa-tv-2-program )

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TV 2 takes responsibility

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After about a week, the debate about bullying has begun to turn against those who criticize the followers. Among others, Lissa Paustian, journalist and podcast host at Ekstra Bladet, believes that the debate has taken on "some violent proportions".

- If the goal is for TV 2 and the rest of the media industry to learn something from the case, how much does the constant public shaming actually contribute to that, she writes in a longer post on LinkedIn. ( https://dk.linkedin.com/posts/lissa-juul-paustian_jeg-synes-ogs%C3%A5-at-alle-elsker-rasmus-var-activity-7523086779583778817-1dNn )

In the podcast 'Spotligt' ( https://podcasts.apple.com/ua/podcast/34b-mobber-vi-malte-og-martin-johannes/id1810234189?i=1000799815949 ) with host Abdel Aziz Mahmoud at the helm, they have also discussed whether the criticism of the 149 participants has gone so far that it is now them who have become victims of bullying.

- It is strange that we are against adult bullying, and that we think that these 149 people have done that, and then there are some in society who subject them to the same thing, says Abdel Aziz Mahmoud.

TV 2 has repeatedly emphasized that it is they who must answer for the program, and not the participants. In connection with the de-publication, it was stated at the end of last week by Ulla Pors:

- The criticism of 'Alle elsker Rasmus' and of TV 2 is completely legitimate, and it is TV 2 that is responsible for the program and for the framework within which the participants acted, said Ulla Pors, who added:

- That responsibility should not be placed on Martin Johannes Larsen or the other participants.

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