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The pair fell out eight years ago when the 65-year-old left the hit BBC show. But now Rory has come to Brendan’s defence on X after the comic got embroiled in a racism row over his use of the N-word in a joke. Rory said Brendan’s mistake would have happened during the reading of a […]

The BBC has insisted it is “against all forms of racism”, yet rehearsals for Mrs Brown’s Boys’ forthcoming Christmas and New Year specials are still ongoing. Why? Suddenly it isn’t a debate any more about whether so-called comedy Mrs Brown’s Boys is actually funny. Suddenly it is about whether, in the BBC’s eyes, some of […]

Mrs Brown’s Boys has been a hit with viewers since launching on the BBC in 2011, but after more than a decade, the popular sitcom has been rocked by controversy Mrs Brown’s Boys stars have a whale of a time on stage, but behind the scenes, the comedy has been rocked with scandal – including […]

Mrs Brown’s Boys is often a Christmas staple on BBC, but 2024 might be the year there’s a change to the schedule after the sitcom has become marred in controversy. The BBC show began rehearsals for its upcoming Christmas and New Year’s Day specials when lead actor Brendan O’Carroll implied a racial slur whilst in […]

O’Carroll found himself in hot water this week after the BBC paused rehearsals of the show’s upcoming festive specials to investigate the use of a “racial term” during a script read-through. Joe Duffy has said that there “isn’t a racist bone” in Brendan O’Carroll’s body after the Mrs Brown’s Boys creator came under fire for […]

BBC bosses launched an investigation after Brendan O’Carroll, who plays Agnes Brown in the hit sitcom, ‘implied’ a racist term during a read-through for the show’s Christmas special The racist ‘joke’ told by Mrs Brown’s Boys star and creator Brendan O’Carroll has been revealed following a BBC probe. It’s been reported that the Irish comic […]

A source has claimed that a junior member of the production team on BBC sitcom Mrs Brown’s Boys was so ‘upset’ by Brendan O’Carroll’s racist joke that they quit working on the show immediately This week, Mrs Brown’s Boys star Brendan O’Carroll apologised for making a racist remark which sparked a BBC probe. The Irish […]

Brendan O’Carroll has been hit with a fresh race row after the Mrs Brown’s Boys star was forced to apologise for a “clumsy” joke in the Christmas special of the BBC comedy Mrs Brown’s Boys has been caught up in another race scandal two years after the BBC creator’s comments about Tyler Perry sparking outrage. […]

BBC show Mrs Brown’s Boys, starring Irish actor Brendan O’Carroll, will be back on our screens at Christmas, but a “clumsy” joke from the star led rehearsals to be paused. Mrs Brown’s Boys star Brendan O’Carroll has apologised over what he called a “clumsy” joke where a “racial term was implied”. The BBC had to […]

Mrs. Brown’s Boys creator Brendan O’Carroll has revealed he’s created another sitcom for the BBC. His divisive series Mrs Brown’s Boys first hit screens back in 2011 and follows the loud-mouthed Irish matriarch Agnes Brown, whose favourite pastime is meddling in the lives of her six children. Despite regularly drawing in millions of viewers and […]