Last Wednesday, the junior staff member was left horrified by the disgusting slur being “implied” during a cast read-through of the Christmas special.
A black crew member working on Mrs Brown’s Boys quit after Brendan O’Carroll’s N-word “joke” - it has now emerged the BBC has issued the comedian with a final warning.
A BBC source said: “The BBC takes the matter extremely seriously and Brendan also takes the matter extremely seriously. Brendan is under no illusion about this. We have made it clear what the consequences of any future issues would be.” O’Carroll had told the Mirror on Monday that he was sorry for the comment. He said: “At a read-through of the Mrs Brown’s Boys Christmas special, there was a clumsy attempt at a joke, in the character of Agnes, where a racial term was implied. It backfired and caused offence which I deeply regret and for which I have apologised.”
Insiders have questioned whether the show was “too big to cancel” given that O’Carroll is its main star and creator, and it remains one of the BBC’s most popular shows. The festive specials, in particular, have become staples of BBC One’s schedules on Christmas Day, with millions tuning in. The row comes despite BBC director general Tim Davie saying this week that no-one at the corporation is “indispensable” in a crack-down on bad behaviour.
“I do think over the last decade or so we’ve seen fundamental changes in the culture in this industry, and it hasn’t been completely unique those that have had power in places can often use that in bad ways.
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