BBC apologises after calling Paul Mescal 'British' in Oscar coverage | JOE.ie

very well-represented in generalNominated in the category alongside British actor Bill Nighy for his turn in Living, BBC News said in text appearing onscreen:"2023 Oscar nominations: British actors Paul Mescal and Bill Nighy are nominated for leading role".Following criticism of the Normal People star being incorrectly claimed as British, the BBC issued the following apology:

"In text running across the screen, we reported that Paul Mescal was one of two British actors who had been nominated for an Oscar for a leading role.The BBC apology follows another incident involving the actor back in 2020 when the actor was forced to declare his nationality. In July of that year, when Normal People and Fleabag were hugely successful, Mescal and Andrew Scott were both dubbed as British in various media outlets when they were nominated for Emmy Awards, despite Mescal being from Maynooth in Kildare and Scott being a native Dub.Of course, it caused an uproar on Irish Twitter, so much so that Paul decided to take matters into his own hands and simply tweeted:"I'm Irish.

Get over it Joe.

They just can't help themselves!

Will Keep Happening until the 🇬🇧 UK Becomes IRISH 🇮🇪 🙄

BBC can you explain how the line 'British actors Paul Mescal & Bill Nighy nominated for Oscars' was meant to say 'Irish actor Paul Mescal & Bill Nighy nominated for Oscar'. If you're going to lie at least make it a good one.

This is what betrays the English establishment. In its heart of hearts, it cannot accept that Ireland is the one that got away. Just can't. Brain melts and dribbles out their butt crack. Seen it a million times. BBCNews has got form, claimed Katie Taylor as a Brit when she won

What happens when you tell a child to stop doing something? They continue to do it to get a reaction. How about we Ignore them and don't give them any of our attention ? We know Paul is Irish, Paul knows he is Irish. They look desperate and pathetic.

Save you a click here their apology 'we're sorry but we absolutely will do it again'

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