The 31-year-old investigative reporter and Strictly star was involved in a Twitter spat with Mr Lammy over her charity documentary in Uganda and social media portraits of her hugging children being helped by the BBC-backed charity.
Miss Dooley hit back at Mr Lammy last night and said: 'If the issue is that I'm white... you could always go' - while Comic Relief revealed the politician had ignored their offer of a trip to Africa to support the charity.
The Labour MP for Tottenham said today that Stacey's comments showed she had failed 'to educate herself', adding on BBC News' Victoria Derbyshire show: 'Her Instagram conveys the age-old trope that is her as the heroine and the black child as the victim and we have to stop it'.
When asked if the row is because she is white he added: 'That suggests that she [Stacey] doesn't understand the issues.
That's part of the problem. Despite the fact she has power and agency she's not sought to educate herself about the issues'.
He also said that Comic Relief, which has raised more than £1billion for poor communities in Britain and abroad in the past 30 years, is 'tired and outdated' and needs to 'change the record and grow up'.
Its founders including Lenny Henry and Richard Curtis are yet to speak out but a spokesman made no apologies for Miss Dooley's work in Uganda.
She said: 'We have previously asked David Lammy if he would like to work with us to make a film in Africa and he has not responded. The offer is still open'.
Mr Lammy was asked about snubbing Comic Relief's invitation and said: 'That's not quite true. I wasn't willing to work under their PR machine but said I wanted to see how Comic Relief went this year'.
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