A council spokesperson said:
"Following the council's announcement to confirm the selection of JaackMaate as the personality to switch on Norwich's festive lights, we have reviewed our decision.
"As a result, the council has decided to make a change to its plans for the Festive Lights Switch-On – and JaackMaate will no longer be appearing at the event."In reviewing our arrangements, we failed to identify issues from previous published content before announcing him. We apologise for this and will be changing our procedures.
"A further announcement will be made shortly confirming details about the event."
