Official Apology From Gillian Gibbons

I would like it to be known that I never intended to cause any offence when I named a small teddy bear ‘Mohammed’.

I apologise unreservedly to all teddy bears around the world for any hurt feelings they may have suffered due to my insensitive and insulting behaviour.

The teddy bear in question was actually named after a small child who just happened to be called Mohammed and not the perverted war-mongering paedophile AKA prophet Mohammed (Prison Be Upon Him).

I am thoroughly ashamed that my disgraceful actions may have incited outbreaks of teddybearphobia. I would never knowingly insult the good name of teddy bears. I am not, and never have been, a teddybearist or a member of any teddybearist organisation.

I have the greatest respect for teddy bears and have always found them to be tolerant and very lovely. In fact, I used to own one myself when I was a small girl. It was never my intention to besmirch the good name of teddy bears by implying any connection with followers of the evil death cult called Islam.

This statement is made of my own free will. I am not wearing an orange boiler suit and there are no teddy bears holding a sharp knife to my throat.