An uncomfortable clip of Andrew Scott being interviewed about Barry Keoghan’s Saltburn nude scene on the Baftas red carpet has been met with criticism on social media.
On Sunday night, the Fleabag star was a guest at this year’s Baftas, where his latest movie All Of Us Strangers was nominated for six awards, including Outstanding British Film and an acting nod for co-star Paul Mescal.
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As he made his way into the event, Andrew spoke briefly to the BBC, where things took an awkward turn after he was asked about his friendship with Saltburn star and fellow Irish performer Barry Keoghan.
“I know Barry, yeah!” Andrew said when asked about the Saltburn star, prompting the BBC’s reporter to immediately ask for his “reaction when you first saw the naked dance scene at the end of Saltburn”.
After attempting to brush off the question, the BBC’s red carpet reporter then continued: “There is a lot of talk about prosthetics. How well do you know him?”
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At that point, Andrew tried to laugh off the question before walking on to speak to another journalist on the red carpet.
However, when a clip of the exchange began doing the rounds on X (formerly Twitter), racking up almost 100,000 views in just a few hours, many users took issue with the BBC’s dubious line of questioning:
What the actual F? What ridiculous questioning. Andrew has his own film nominated, ask him about that!! Disgusting
— Margaret and ( very occasionally) Gary Whipp (@WhippGary) February 18, 2024
This is frankly disgusting. Andrew Scott is there to support his multiple nominated film and THIS is what you ask? Then when he looks visibly uncomfortable the guy carried on. Truly horrid. #BAFTAspic.twitter.com/42VEoBXRQi
During the ceremony, Andrew and his fellow All Of Us Strangers actor Paul Mescal presented the award for Best Animated Feature to the latest offering from Studio Ghibli, The Boy And The Heron.
Just when you thought awards season had come to a close, along come the Bafta TV Awards, AKA the biggest night in the British TV industry’s calendar.
The biggest stars from the world of TV were out in force at London’s Royal Festival Hall on Sunday, including this year’s host Richard Ayoade who walked the red carpet alongside the likes of Olivia Colman, Jodie Comer, Ncuti Gatwa, Tess Daly, Graham Norton, Ant and Dec, Suranne Jones, Allison Hammond, Tom Daley, Nicola Coughlan, Judi Love and the cast of It’s A Sin.
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