Mrs Brown’s Boys star Brendan O’Carroll has apologised over what he referred to as a “clumsy” joke the place a “racial term was implied”.
The BBC needed to pause rehearsals of the upcoming Christmas particular to analyze the incident.
Within the specials, O’Carroll will return to his function as Irish matriarch Agnes Brown, as she manages her unruly family full of youngsters and grandchildren.
“It backfired and caused offence which I deeply regret and for which I have apologised.”
Rehearsals on the broadcaster’s Pacific Quay studios in Glasgow have now resumed, with exhibits going forward on Christmas Day and New Yr’s Day as deliberate.
A BBC spokesperson mentioned: “Whilst we don’t comment on individuals, the BBC is against all forms of racism, and we have robust processes in place should issues ever arise.”
Final 12 months, Mrs Brown’s Boys returned for a four-part sequence, after being absent from our screens for 10 years.
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O’Carroll and the forged of Mrs Brown’s Boys on the Nationwide Tv Awards final month. Pic: PA
A fifth sequence of the BAFTA-winning comedy is because of begin filming subsequent 12 months.
Regardless of poor critiques from critics, the present’s successful with viewers and pulls in persistently excessive scores, with the Christmas specials proving notably widespread.
Carroll can also be engaged on a brand new present for the BBC, Shedites, by which he may even star.
