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Ebola survivor criticises Band Aid 30 single: 'The cultural ignorance is cringeworthy'

The British nurse who survived Ebola has revealed that the Band Aid 30 single, 'Do They Know It's Christmas', is 'cringeworthy' and packed with 'cultural ignorance'. 

William Pooley caught the deadly disease in Sierra Leone, but was cured and has since returned to Africa. He spoke to the Radio Times about the charity single, which is raising money to fight Ebola, and explained that it's 'a bit much':

"On the way into work I heard the first half of it. It's definitely being talked about here among my colleagues. It's Africa, not another planet. That sort of cultural ignorance is a bit cringeworthy. There's a lyric about 'death in every tear'. It's just a bit much."

Sir Bob Geldof, meanwhile, recently spoke out about the criticism the song has been attracting and admitted that at least it's being talked about and is remaining relevant: "Where Band Aid is effective is that it creates all this noise. It creates this argument, it creates this debate. People find it very hard to understand that I love the level of criticism. I personally enjoy it."

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Watch the video for the 2014 version of 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' below: