BBC Defends Cringey Andrew Scott Interview: ‘Misjudged’

Almost a week after the BAFTAs, the BBC has issued a statement defending a viral red carpet interview with Andrew Scott that sparked accusations of homophobia.

In the statement, published on Friday, BBC News acknowledged, “We received complaints from people who felt a question asked to Andrew Scott on the Bafta red carpet was inappropriate and homophobic.”

In case you missed it, the brouhaha began when BBC entertainment correspondent Colin Paterson asked Scott on the red carpet if he knew fellow award nominee Barry Keoghan. When Scott responded in the affirmative, Paterson asked what he thought of Keoghan’s full-frontal dance scene in Saltburn. The All of Us Strangers star, who is gay and who has never worked with Keoghan, demured, “I won’t spoil it for anyone. It’s great, it’s great.”

Read more at The Daily Beast.