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Matt Lucas and David Walliams apologise for “playing characters of other races” in ‘Little Britain’
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nme.comLittle Britain.The comedy series, which originally aired on the BBC between 2003 and 2005, was removed from streaming services this week (June 9), including the BBC’s iPlayer.The show saw Walliams play the character, Desiree Devere, while wearing blackface.
Lucas and Walliams also adopted blackface to play a pair of minstrels, while Lucas played a Thai bride called Ting Tong.Now, its stars and creators have issued an apology on Twitter. “Matt & I have both spoken publicly in recent years of our regret that we played characters of other races,” Walliams wrote. “Once again we want to make it clear that it was wrong & we are very sorry.”Matt & I have both spoken publicly in recent years of our regret that we played characters of other races..
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