Dawn French has received the backing of her Vicar of Dibley co-star and on-screen husband Richard Armitage following backlash over a Black Lives Matter scene.
The 63-year-old recently announced she's back to record three special 10-minute episodes of the iconic TV comedy, returning to her role as Reverend Geraldine Kennedy.And in one of the sketches, which is set to begin tonight, viewers will see the vicar take the knee to pay tribute to black lives and to address the death of George Floyd at the hands of American police - an act that sparked anger and demonstrations around the world in May.Instantly after viewers discovered the Black Lives Matter movement will be mentioned in the series, thousands of angry viewers took to social media to.
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