Victoria Coren Mitchell publicly urged Graham Linehan to stop sending persistent messages about trans rights and Only Connect contestants. Graham Linehan tagged her on X and asked whether a contestant named 'Emily' should be allowed in women's sports, shelters and crisis centres. Coren Mitchell responded with a screenshot of a longer message, saying she tries to ignore his messages, calling Only Connect a harmless quiz show and appealing to a former friendly relationship and his former standing as a brilliant writer to ask him to leave her and the show alone. Viewers praised her response and noted previous similar incidents.
"You seem to really want a rise out of me, and I'm not someone who's comfortable with anger," she wrote. " Only Connect is just a harmless quiz show. I try to ignore your relentless messages like I would with any other troll. But on this occasion, out of respect for the friendly relationship we used to have and the brilliant writer you used to be, I will ask you one more time to please, please, please leave us alone."
"Writing on X, formerly Twitter, on 3 November, the Father Ted and IT Crowd writer tagged Coren Mitchell in a post, asking whether a contestant on the show should be allowed in women's spaces. Graham Linehan, who is known for his outspoken views against the trans community, wrote: "Hey @VictoriaCoren should 'Emily' be allowed in women's sports and spaces? What about female-only shelters and rape crisis centres? A yes or no will suffice!""
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