There was quite some brouhaha, if you'll remember, regarding Frankie Boyle's Tramadol Nights which aired in December last year.

With the brand of offensive humour he traditionally peddled, he managed to offend pretty much the entire planet, which was probably always his aim, and he did so whilst forgetting to include the requisite panache, or any point to his slurs. Thus, critics panned the series and Boyle seems to have disappeared from public view.

But not if Katie Price has anything to do with it. Her disabled son Harvey was the subject of one joke - which we won't bother to repeat here - and it was that particular attempt at humour that caused the tabloids (and Ofcom) to go all Ross n' Brand on his backside. He also gave Katie Price a chance to say something meaningful in the press for once, which only served to make him look even sillier. The incident even made the political sphere spin, with MPs mentioning the whole palaver forcing Channel 4's Chief Executive to defend the jibe, saying it was taken out of context - which it wasn't, if you think about it.

Now Price is challenging Boyle to atone for his sins and meet them both as she promotes her new show about the boy on Sky Living. In an eloquent statement which she no doubt put together herself, she said:

"I am so proud of how he deals every day with his disability. He has been my one constant over the past eight years and, alongside Junior and Princess, remains the most important person in my life.

But of course Harvey doesn't have the voice to defend himself, so through this documentary I hope to encourage other people to appreciate the difficulties that children with disability and their parents face every day.
I am lucky to be able to make this film and hope it helps those who struggle to cope with disability and prejudice without the support network I have."

Absolutely. And let's hope the fee will go to some disability charity or other, or directly into Harvey's account, rather than on a horse dyed pink or a baby-blue convertible or whatever else Price is no doubt thinking about getting next.

A spokesperson for Sky Living said:

"In a bid to explain how the 'joke' affected her personally, Katie's ultimate wish is to speak directly to Frankie, and even encourage him to meet Harvey for himself. Will he agree to a meeting or will he avoid explaining his position? Will he apologise?"

It's impossible to work out if the meeting is going to happen or has happened, going by the statements. It's all so up in the air it's difficult to know what to make of it. But one thing's for sure - if we ever do get to see a regretful Boyle talking about sensitive issues onscreen with the former glamour model, it will be one of the weirdest things to have graced our screens in years.

Since this, probably.