Jonathan Ross criticized for referring to Cillian Murphy as British

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Jonathan Ross faced backlash for repeatedly calling Cillian Murphy British during the ITV coverage of an awards ceremony. Viewers expressed their outrage on social media, questioning Ross's knowledge and claiming that Murphy is Irish. Murphy himself clarified his nationality during his acceptance speech for Best Actor.

Unfortunately, when it comes to Irish people enjoying success on the world stage, there will inevitably be some sort of jab coming our way, whether intentional or not. Ross was hosting the ITV coverage of the ceremony over in the UK and, not one to shy away from controversial comments, was called out for constantly referring to Cillian Murphy as British . During his duties, Ross referred to Murphy as British multiple times, much to the outrage of everybody watching.

“Who has ever thought Cillian Murphy was British?? LMAO, Jonathan Ross is off his rocker,” said one viewer. Another said: “Sorry but did Jonathan Ross just talk about British people winning all the awards and then include Cillian Murphy?” A third added: “Took 3 mins for Jonathan Ross on ITV to claim Cillian’s win as ‘our’ win like he literally got on stage and pointed out he was Irish?”for Best Actor, Murphy said that he was a “proud Irish man” and signed off with a “Go raibh maith agat” to the audienc

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