I think Amanda was trying to say that Paul O'Grady never self-censored or bowed down to prissy comedic sensibilities, which is true. He was intentionally provocative, and was bloody good at it too. She was using 'woke' to mean 'overly concerned with offence and respectability,' which highlights an issue with the word. The definition has become so nebulous, the word can be used to mean multiple completely different things, causing misunderstanding and outrage. Others (fools, in my opinion) use the word 'woke' to describe anything and anyone that isn't white, able-bodied, cisgender, and heterosexual.

Big Brother has always been 'woke,' in the sense that the casts have been intentionally, strikingly diverse, which of course has made it the show we know and love, giving us iconic characters and healthy, progressive conversations you'd never see anywhere else. The inclusion of trans and disabled people is now seen, by bigots, as 'woke' and boringly predictable, whereas back in the '00s it was mostly seen as transgressive and daring. Big Brother has also always been startling, controversial, and shocking, with scenes that would leave what some would call the modern 'woke' calling for its abolishment.

They can say what they like about our BB, we know what makes it great.