Mrs Brown’s Boys star Brendan O’Carroll apologises over ‘clumsy’ racial joke

Brendan O’Carroll issues apology after BBC temporarily paused rehearsals of Christmas special to investigate incident

Brendan O'Carroll as Mrs Brown. Picture: Alan Peebles

Irish actor Brendan O’Carroll has apologised over a “clumsy” joke where a “racial term was implied” during rehearsals for the upcoming Christmas special of Mrs Brown’s Boys.

The BBC temporarily paused rehearsals to investigate the incident, which have since resumed in Glasgow at the broadcaster’s Pacific Quay studios in Scotland – with shows going ahead as planned, as first reported by the Mirror newspaper.