I think the telletubbie fracas started when the guy who played Tinky revealed that he is indeed a flaming poof when out of costume. The little red tubby is played by a Chinese girl and so some of her barely discernable lines are in (I believe) Cantonese. Since the tubbies are, I assume, asexual, I never understood the fuss. Its not like the preschool crowd cares or understands. And once they're old enough for Nickelodeon they'll never soil their retinas on tubbies again.