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The creator of Mrs Brown's Boys Brendan O'Carroll has told This Morning of the heartbreaking reason he got into comedy.

Mrs Brown's Boys, the BBC sitcom that first aired in 2011, has had its fair share of controversies over the years. The show, which follows the life of loud-mouthed Irish matriarch Agnes Brown, played by creator Brendan O'Carroll, quickly became a hit with up to 12 million viewers tuning in - and even proved to be so popular it spawned a spin-off movie! The cast is made up of O'Carroll's close friends and family, who play the six children that Agnes loves to meddle with and the popular series has won multiple awards including a BAFTA for Best Situation Comedy, a TV Choice Award for best comedy, and won at the National Television Awards for three consecutive years in 2013, 2014 and 2015 for Best Comedy.

The Mammy is back for another fun and festive episode as Agnes Brown returns with a Christmas cracker of a show.This year, all Mrs Brown wants is a nice peaceful day, but her family have other ideas, resulting in cooking chaos, a missing decoration and a surprise guest who has the potential to ruin Agnes’ quiet Christmas. Mrs Brown’s Boys is now on its 12th festive special, which show creator Brendan O’Carroll, who also plays the matriarch, finds hard to believe. “My mother always said to me, ‘You’re such a smart kid, Brendan.

Former Coronation Street star Debra Stephenson has been confirmed to have signed up for the latest series of Mrs Brown's Boys.

Mrs Brown's Boys star Gary Hollywood has told how he refused a role in The Bill to be a part of the hit BBC show.

Mrs Brown’s Boys creator Brendan O'Carroll has opened up about his money troubles before he found fame with his comedy show. The 67 year old reached stardom with his comedy show where he plays he plays the role of family matriarch Mrs Brown.

The creator of Mrs Brown's Boys Brendan O'Carroll says he was on the edge of a "breakdown" after suffering a major financial loss on a movie he had written before finding fame with the BBC comedy.

BBC show, Mrs Brown's Boys.The Agnes Brown actor said he doesn't take any of their views into account when creating the sitcom's latest episodes. The show has hit viewers' screens in the form of specials recently, since the last full season of the show ended in 2013.However, despite the BBC saying the sitcom will continue to air until 2026, recent specials have been dubbed "worse than testing positive for Omicron". It comes after Brendan was slammed by The One Show viewers earlier this year after making what fans perceived as a "racist remark".The actor was live with A Madea Homecoming star Tyler Perry in February when he made the comments that earned him backlash from fans on social media.Brendan said when quizzed on whether Tyler could join the cast of Mrs Brown's Boys: "He's very expensive, and 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."Despite the outrage from the public, Tyler went on to insist he wasn't offended by Brendan's controversial remarks on the programme.Elsewhere, viewers have called for the show to be "cancelled" and have accused it of being "transphobic". However, Brendan has said the "woke" critics aren't holding him back from moving forwards with his show. "I don’t think about them, I write the show I write," Brendan shared.""I don’t ever think of myself as being a man playing a woman, when Mrs Brown goes out on that stage she is a woman."Speaking about accusations of cultural appropriation, he compared his acting roles to those of Leonardo DiCaprio.He pointed out to The Sun: "Where do you draw the line? Is it okay for Leonardo DiCaprio to play a

Mrs Brown’s Boys creator Brendan O’Carroll has revealed how he is finally celebrating the show’s tenth anniversary with a new mini series – two years late.The controversial BBC comedy launched in 2011.However because of covid, all Brendan’s plans to mark the show’s birthday had to be canned.But now the Irish actor, who plays Mammy Agnes Brown, has the green light to go ahead. He said: “The BBC have been very generous to me.READ MORE: Mrs Brown's Boys star confirms show return after fans begged for BBC axe“We are planning a mini series with four episodes.

'Mrs Brown's Boys' will be back with a new mini-series next year. The popular BBC sitcom has become a firm fixture in the festive schedules but there hasn't been a full series in nearly 10 years, and now actress Fiona O'Carroll - who is the daughter of creator and lead star Brendan O'Carroll - has revealed filming will begin soon on a number of new episodes. Fiona - who plays Maria Brown, the wife of Brendan's titular character's son Dermot - told the RTE Guide: "In October we'll be filming 'Mrs Brown': two Christmas specials and the first of a mini-series of four episodes, the other three early next year.

COMEDY show Mrs Brown's Boys is poised to make a TV comeback next year with a mini-series, one of its stars has confirmed. The series follows the lives of Mrs Brown - played by comedian Brendan O'Carroll - an Irish mother and her four children who live in Dublin suburb Finglas. Despite the show having annual Christmas specials, it's not had a full series in almost ten years.

Mrs Brown’s Boys. The actress has played the role of Maria Brown since the series first launched on the BBC opposite her father Brendan O’Carroll who plays Agnes Brown.

Mrs Brown’s Boys is not ending anytime soon, says Brendan O’Carroll. The show’s star and creator plans to keep making Christmas specials as long as he feels it is funny.The Irish comic, 66, said: “As long as the BBC want me to do Christmas episodes, I’ll keep doing them.”READ MORE: Brawl at Mrs Brown's Boys show and some fans 'thought it was part of the act' At the start of the year, viewers begged the BBC to "cancel" Mrs Brown's Boys as they tuned in to the New Year's Day episode.

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Brendan O’Carroll had to halt his show at Glasgow’s Hydro arena at the weekend after a brawl broke out in the audience.

Wilson Chapman editorIn 2019, Tyler Perry was ready to say goodbye to his iconic character Madea after the release of “A Madea Family Funeral.” But when the COVID-19 pandemic hit the next year, Perry realized that people needed some joy in their lives.“There is just so much going on in the country right now with all the social and civil unrest and I wanted to do this movie to make people laugh,” Perry told Variety. “We all just need some laughter and I can’t wait for audiences globally to discover Madea for the first time.”Perry celebrated the premiere of “A Madea Homecoming,” the latest Madea film and the first to premiere on Netflix, at L.A. Live in Los Angeles on Tuesday.

The One Show alongside Tyler Perry. BBC viewers were outraged at the content of Brendan’s jokes, which they branded “racist”.Brendan admitted it is “easy to understand” people can be offended over some of his jokes, but that people are welcome to change the channel.He told The Daily Star: "It’s easy to understand that some people do get offended by things but that is why there is a remote control for the TV and that is why the cinema door swings both ways."Personally, I feel if you are not offending somebody we are not doing our job."Tyler also weighed in on the controversy, explaining that his comedy also focused on discussing “serious subjects”.He said: “There is somebody saying 'You can’t say this or that'."I wanted to make something that will make us laugh but also address serious subjects."The row erupted on Tuesday as the comedy pair chatted to The One Show presenters Lauren Laverne and Harry Judd about their new Netflix comedy A Madea Homecoming.As the conversation came to an end, Brendan made a joke about his co-star’s “colour”, sparking backlash from viewers.Lauren asked Brendan if in the future he would invite Tyler as a guest star on his BBC comedy show Mrs Brown’s Boys.“I don’t know if we could afford him, he’s very expensive,” Brendan began.Tyler chimed in: “Please answer that.

Mrs Brown’s Boys star Brendan O'Carroll says if comedians don’t cause offence, they are not doing their job.His TV character Agnes Brown is starring in the Netflix special A Madea Homecoming.O’Carroll appears alongside Star Trek actor Tyler Perry who also dresses up as a woman called Mabel 'Madea' Earlene Simmons. The cross-dressing comedy is littered with BLM and anti-woke jokes as the cast of black characters mistake the Irish Mammy’s language for racism - mishearing the word "knickers" for "n * s" and getting upset with terms like "cotton picking" and "proud boy".

Tyler Perry poses with co-star KJ Smith at the premiere of A Madea Homecoming at Regal LA Live in Los Angeles on Tuesday (February 22).

Mrs Brown’s Boys creator and actor Brendan O’Carroll has been accused of making a "racist" joke about Tyler Perry on BBC's The One Show

Mrs Brown's Boys star Brendan O'Carroll has been criticised for making a joke about Tyler Perry's skin colour on The One Show.The actors appeared together on the BBC evening series on Tuesday to discuss their forthcoming Netflix movie, A Madea Homecoming.Appearing via video-link with presenters Lauren Laverne and Harry Judd, Brendan was asked whether he would ever invite Tyler Perry to appear on his BBC sitcom Mrs Brown's Boys.In response, the 66-year-old Irish actor said: "I don't know if we can afford him, he's very expensive and so far, we haven't had anyone of his colour in there."Gesturing to his own face, Brendan added: "So I don't know if we could have him in but I'd love that."More importantly, I'd love to do another movie with him."Tyler appeared amused by Brendan's comments and laughed at his co-star.While laughing, the 52-year-old Gone Girl star responded: "Nobody my colour."Time for change. Change the world.