Mrs Brown’s Boys’ Brendan O’Carroll under fire for remark about Tyler Perry’s ‘colour’ on The One Show

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MRS Brown's Boys star Brendan O'Carroll came under fire tonight for a joke he made about Tyler Perry's "colour". Appearing on The One Show he was asked whether the US star could ever appear on the BBC sitcom.

Brendan, 66, replied, gesturing to his own face: "So far we haven’t had anyone of his colour in there so I don't know if we could have him in. "But you know what, I'd love that, but I think more importantly I'd love to do another movie with him." Hollywood actor and director Tyler, 52, laughed at the comment, repeating: "Nobody my colour" as Brendan pointed to his face again.

The US star added: "Time to change the world. Diversity rules, here we go." One shocked viewer tweeted: "Can't believe what Brendan O'Carroll has just said on the One Show." Another asked: "Did Brendan O’Carroll just say Tyler a Perry couldn’t be in Mrs Brown’s Boys because he’s black on The One Show!?" @font-face{font-family:'The Sun';src:url('/assets/fonts/the-sun/TheSun-Regular.woff2') format('woff2'),url('/assets/fonts/the-sun/TheSun-Regular.woff') format('woff'),url('/assets/fonts/the-sun/TheSun-Regular.ttf') format('truetype'),url('/assets/fonts/the-sun/TheSun-Regular.svg#') format('svg');font-style:normal;font-weight:400;font-display:swap;}@font-face{font-family:'The Sun';src:url('/assets/fonts/the-sun/TheSun-Medium.woff2') format('woff2'),url('/assets/fonts/the-sun/TheSun-Medium.woff') format('woff'),url('/assets/fonts/the-sun/TheSun-Medium.ttf') format('truetype'),url('/assets/fonts/the-sun/TheSun-Medium.svg#') format('svg');font-style:normal;font-weight:500;font-display:swap;}@font-face{font-family:'The Sun';src:url('/assets/fonts/the-sun/TheSun-HeavyNarrow.woff2') format('woff2'),url('/assets/fonts/the-sun/TheSun-HeavyNarrow.woff').