British actor Stephen Fry ‘so proud’ to get Austrian citizenship

Stephen Fry has shared his delight implicit receiving Austrian citizenship up of the country’s upcoming election.

In 2019, the Austrian parliament made it imaginable for descendants of Austrians who fled the state nether Nazi regularisation to use for citizenship.

QI prima Fry, 67, dubbed the determination a ‘noble gesture’ and revealed successful a video connected social media helium had obtained citizenship due to the fact that helium had grandparents from Austria and his great-grandparents died successful the Holocaust.

‘I americium truthful arrogant to beryllium Austrian’. helium said, addressing the alteration successful instrumentality which allows him to ballot successful the September 29 parliamentary election.

The histrion said that becoming an EU national enabled him to ‘stick his lingua retired astatine Brexit’ (per Der Standard).

Opinion polls up of the predetermination amusement that the far-right Freedom Party (FPO) is moving up of the ruling Austrian People’s Party (OVP) with nary enactment expected to triumph an outright majority.

While Blackadder prima Fry did not uncover who helium would beryllium voting for, helium did talk astir the emergence of right-wing enactment successful the country.

‘You perceive that right-wing forces are increasing again successful Germany and past wonderment whether Austria is besides moving successful the aforesaid direction,’ helium continued. ‘It’s a communicative that’s being watched each implicit the world.’

It comes arsenic Fry ‘confirmed’ helium would beryllium joining a celebrity version of The Traitors.

The Hobbit prima was approached for Celebrity Traitors because helium was astatine the apical of 52-year-old presenter Claudia Winkleman’s privation list, it has been claimed.

A root told The Sun: ‘Claudia enactment Stephen close astatine the apical of celebs she’d privation on The Traitors and Stephen has made it wide he’d beryllium game.

‘Stephen is simply a instrumentality of the amusement and Claudia was hopeless for him to beryllium successful it.

‘No contracts person been signed yet — but helium told the show’s bosses to sanction a clip and day and he’ll beryllium there.’

It’s not the lone breathtaking formed rumour this twelvemonth for Fry arsenic it has been speculated hit drama Blackadder could return – but not arsenic you mightiness think.

‘A Blackadder play, if Richard was keen connected it, I’d beryllium interested. Not an adaptation of episodes, it would beryllium an archetypal play,’ creator Ben Elton told The Sun.

‘When I wrote Upstart Crow, I did 3 bid and 3 Christmas specials for TV, which was a load of writing, but I’m arrogant of the information I past did an archetypal play. If we were to bash that with Adder it would beryllium the same.’

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