'The text should have said that Paul Mescal is Irish. We apologise for the mistake.'
very well-represented in generalNominated in the category alongside British actor Bill Nighy for his turn in Living, BBC News said in text appearing onscreen:"2023 Oscar nominations: British actors Paul Mescal and Bill Nighy are nominated for leading role".Following criticism of the Normal People star being incorrectly claimed as British, the BBC issued the following apology:
"In text running across the screen, we reported that Paul Mescal was one of two British actors who had been nominated for an Oscar for a leading role.The BBC apology follows another incident involving the actor back in 2020 when the actor was forced to declare his nationality. In July of that year, when Normal People and Fleabag were hugely successful, Mescal and Andrew Scott were both dubbed as British in various media outlets when they were nominated for Emmy Awards, despite Mescal being from Maynooth in Kildare and Scott being a native Dub.Of course, it caused an uproar on Irish Twitter, so much so that Paul decided to take matters into his own hands and simply tweeted:"I'm Irish.
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