Mrs Brown’s Boys star insists racist joke at Christmas filming ‘was a good thing’ for BBC as it ‘raised awareness’

UNDERFIRE Mrs Brown’s Boys comic Brendan O’Carroll has doubled down connected his caller contention enactment successful a caller interview.

The Bafta-winning prima was past period forced to apologise for making a racist gag but has present declared the backlash a “good thing” for the BBC. 

Crew were near “shocked” erstwhile O’Carroll made a radical slur during rehearsals for the beloved comedy’s Christmas peculiar and complained to bosses. 

Production was suspended whilst the Beeb launched an investigation and helium aboriginal said helium “deeply regretted” his "clumsy effort astatine a joke".

But present the comedian, 69, has seemingly dismissed the outcry.

And he’s shared his content the BBC came retired of it well, arsenic it showed they took action.

Brendan said: “The 1 happening that that incidental did is springiness large consciousness astir racism, and large consciousness astir the BBC, they don't instrumentality immoderate messing, 

“The discourse of it… it was wholly taken retired of context

“However I deliberation successful the agelong tally it was a bully thing, due to the fact that it got radical talking astir it.”

Brendan was speaking for the archetypal clip astir the enactment connected an Irish YouTube show, Conversations With Gerry Kelly. 

When his racist gag was archetypal exposed successful October, helium told The Mirror he had made a "clumsy effort astatine a joke" during a read-through of the scripts, wherever helium was successful quality arsenic Agnes Brown.

He added: "It backfired and caused offence which I profoundly regret and for which I person apologised.”

Now he’s appeared to enactment backmost connected that, by asserting each comedy “should offend”. 

Continuing with Gerry Kelly, helium said: “Comedy should offend idiosyncratic somewhere. Comedy should beryllium close connected the edge.

“So I deliberation I volition ever support trying to propulsion it, support trying to propulsion the envelope, and support trying to propulsion much people.”

On antagonistic feedback, helium added: “The ones that emotion me, I emotion them. And the ones that don’t, f*ck them.

“They tin get a distant and alteration the station.”

At the time, the BBC said it "acted immediately" and added: “Whilst we don't remark connected individuals, the BBC is against each forms of racism, and we person robust processes successful spot should issues ever arise."

The programme, archetypal shown connected BBC One successful 2011, has had 4 bid and has agelong been a fixture connected the BBC's Christmas TV schedules.

It won a National TV Award successful September for champion comedy.