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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ellie Muir

Mrs Brown’s Boys star Brendan O’Carroll defends implying racial slur in comedy project

Mrs Brown’s Boys star Brendan O’Carroll has defended implying highly offensive racial slurs in his comedy.

O’Carroll, the 69-year-old Irish actor who plays the title character in the long-running BBC comedy, recently apologised for making a “clumsy” joke where a “racial term was implied” during rehearsals for the forthcoming Christmas specials.

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