The BBC has suspended certainly one of its most acquainted cleaning soap stars after he was heard utilizing a slur in opposition to folks with disabilities on a TV set, utilizing the phrase to explain the folks of Blackpool the place he was filming.
BBC News reports that ‘EastEnders’ actor Jamie Borthwick made the remark in November throughout filming for Strictly Come Dancing (known as Dancing with the Stars in lots of productions abroad), by which he was a contestant for final yr’s sequence.
The BBC stated his language was “completely unacceptable in no no approach displays the values or requirements we maintain and count on.”
Borthwick has been in EastEnders since 2006, enjoying a central character known as Jay Brown, and The Sun on Sunday newspaper reports that he has apologized for any “offence and upset.”
In his assertion to The Solar on Sunday, Borthwick stated: “I wish to apologise sincerely and wholeheartedly for the phrases I used within the video exhibiting my response to creating it by means of Blackpool week on Strictly.”
He added: “It’s no excuse, however I didn’t absolutely perceive the derogatory time period I used and its that means.
“That’s on me fully.
“Now I’m conscious, I’m deeply embarrassed to have used the time period and directed it in the way in which I did.”
Strictly Come Dancing has had a run of controversial incidents previously yr, together with Borthwick’s fellow contestant final sequence Wynne Evans being overheard making a misogynistic comment about his dance companion. Evans has not had his BBC Radio Wales contract renewed, it was reported final week.
