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NY Post
New York Post
11 May 2023


NextImg:‘Bridgerton’ star Adjoa Andoh calls royals ‘terribly white,’ sparking most UK TV complaints of year

“Bridgerton” star Adjoa Andoh is under fire for deriding the royal family as “terribly white” during live coverage of the coronation — sparking more official complaints than any other UK broadcast this year.

The 60-year-old actress, who plays Lady Agatha Danbury in the royal-themed Netflix show, made the racial remark while a guest commentator for ITV’s live coverage of Saturday’s crowning of King Charles III.

As the king and his kin waved to wellwishers from a Buckingham Palace balcony, Andoh decried how the event had “gone from the rich diversity of the Abbey to the terribly white balcony.

“I’m very struck by that,” she said as fellow pundit Myleene Klass looked on aghast.

UK regulator Ofcom confirmed to The Post on Thursday that there have already been 4,165 complaints about her remarks — making it the most complained about moment of 2023.

That is already more than 1,150 above the most complained about TV moment last year, when 2,630 officially denounced bullying and misogyny on Love Island, The Telegraph noted.

The actress’ comments sparked more Ofcom complaints than any other UK broadcast this year.
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However, a spokesperson said Ofcom was still “assessing the complaints against our broadcasting rules before deciding whether or not to investigate.”

Andoh addressed the backlash during an interview with BBC Radio 4 on Sunday, as the coronation celebrations continued.

King Charles III and Queen Camilla waving from the balcony.

Andoh said she was “very struck” by how “terribly white” it was when King Charles III appeared with younger members of his family.
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“I think I upset a few people,” she conceded, according to The Telegraph.

“I was talking about the day and how marvelous it was and then looking at the balcony at the end and suddenly went, ‘Oh, it’s so white’ because the day had been so, so mixed,” she said of her off-the-cuff comments.

Coronation of King Charles III.

The actress claimed her off-the-cuff remark was only because the rest of the event had been “so, so mixed.”
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“I didn’t mean to upset anybody.”

ITV has declined to comment.