funwashing

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Just ignore him and then vote him out. I don’t know how you people don’t see that that would be the ultimate fail for the likes of him and Hancock. Instead you think making them do silly little trials on tv is a punishment - it endears them to the public. It’s funwashing.

Fred, Nigel and Brexit Scarabium 2025
At the same time, former UKIP leader Nigel Farage benefits from the same “funwashing” on I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! as Pauline Hanson, leader of the most successful extreme right party in Australia in recent years, did when she was invited on Dancing with the Stars just a moment after her political career plummeted.

The Far Right Gains From Mainstream Media Hype Aurelien Mondon 2023
Nigel Farage and I'm a Celebrity: another case of 'funwashing'?

Nigel Farage and I'm a Celebrity: another case of 'funwashing'? Sorcha Bradley, The Week UK 2023