Creator and star of Mrs Brown’s Boys, Brendan O’Carroll hit back at critics, declaring that when someone tells him they’ve been offended by the show: “I think; ‘I don’t give a f**k if you’re insulted’. I don’t care.”
The Irish star’s declaration comes as the sitcom is set to go on a stage tour this summer in Mrs Brown Rides Again, which starts in Glasgow on August 25.
The comedian highlighted that he won’t be holding back on the stage shows, and wanted that fans should “know what you’re going to get” as he compared the sitcom to watching a Ricky Gervais standup set.
He also claimed to the Daily Star that “riding along the edge” is “what comedians are supposed to do”.
The 67-year-old added that while he doesn’t go out of his way to be outrageous, he does enjoy portraying the matriarch Agnes Brown as “she gets away with stuff that I’d never f***ing get away with”.
The BBC star explained that her iconic attitude is down to her age as, at 70, “you don’t worry about what people think of you”.
This isn’t the first time Brendan has retaliated against claims that the show is offensive, as late last year some viewers accused the sitcom, and its star, of transphobia and cultural appropriation.
Mrs Brown’s Boys, which started in 2011, features Brendan playing the female lead with critics questioning why the creator hadn’t cast a female actress.
However, Brendan told The Sun at the time: “I don’t ever think of myself as being a man playing a woman, when Mrs. Brown goes out on that stage she is a woman.”
“Where do you draw the line? Is it okay for Leonardo DiCaprio to play a carpenter or do we get a carpenter? Shouldn’t we get the best person for the job?”
The writer also revealed that the indomitable character had actually been inspired by his own mother, and he had started creating the show after she appeared to him in a dream telling him: “Get up off your knees and do something.”
For all the latest Entertainment News Click Here
For the latest news and updates, follow us on Google News.
