Vicar of Dibley star backs Dawn French after backlash over Black Lives Matter scene
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dailystar.co.ukBlack Lives Matter movement.Dawn recently revived her role as Reverend Geraldine Kennedy in the hit comedy Vicar of Dibley, creating three ten minute episodes for the BBC.Monday night's episode saw the 63-year-old take the knee while dressed as the Vicar, paying tribute to the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man - who was killed at the hands of American police in May.Following the death of Floyd, tensions grew across the world with demonstrations and riots taking place in cities across the globe, writes the Mirror Online.Shortly after it was revealed that the show would reference the Black Lives Matter movement, people took to social media to share an array of angry posts.After Dawn's Twitter page was inundated with negative.
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