A BBC reporter is being slammed for asking Andrew Scott about Barry Keoghan's junk
BBC reporter Colin Paterson was criticized for asking Andrew Scott about Barry Keoghan's nude dance scene in "Saltburn," a film he does not appear in.
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- BBC reporter Colin Paterson was criticized for his interview with Andrew Scott at the BAFTAs.
- Paterson asked him about Barry Keoghan's nude dance scene in "Saltburn," which he doesn't appear in.
- Paterson said there's been "talk about prosthetics,” then asks Scott — "How well do you know him?"
Murder on the dance floor? More like awkward on the red carpet.
That’s how fans felt after watching Andrew Scott’s uncomfortable moment with a BBC presenter before the BAFTA Awards on Sunday night.
Scott — who presented at the show alongside his “All of Us Strangers” costar Paul Mescal — briefly interacted with Colin Paterson, a longtime BBC entertainment correspondent.
In a clip later posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, Patterson asks Scott if he knew fellow Irishman Barry Keoghan, who made a splash this year for his starring role in “Saltburn.”
The two actors have never appeared in a film together.
“Yes! I know Barry, yeah!” Scott tells Paterson at the beginning of the interview.
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Patterson then asks Scott what his reaction was to Keoghan’s “naked dance scene” at the end of “Saltburn,” done to the tune of Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s 2001 song “Murder on the Dance Floor.”
“I won’t spoil it for anyone, but it was great,” Scott tells Paterson.
“You can spoil away!” Paterson tells him.
“I won’t spoil it for anybody,” Scott tells him again.
Paterson then brings up all the "talk about prosthetics” surrounding the full-frontal scene nude scene.
“How well do you know him?” Patterson asks Scott.
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Scott shakes his head and waves his hand in response to the question as he walks away, to which Paterson laughs and asks: “Too much?”
Paterson has since been criticized on social media, including by some of Scott’s peers, for the questions he asked Scott.
Craig Parkinson, who appeared in the UK shows “Misfits” and “Whitechapel,” called out “lazy and possibly offensive journalistic pit falls” in a tweet addressing the interview.
"Don't you think 'journalists' could come up with some appropriate questions on a red carpet when they have a matter of minutes?" he added.
Nicholas Pegg, who has appeared on multiple seasons of “Doctor Who,” also chimed in with a tweet.
"Jesus tap-dancing Christ," he wrote. "The year is 2024. Speaking as an actor who also happens to be gay, and who also happens to be a person, I can only offer solidarity to Andrew Scott, and to gay actors, and to actors, and to gay people, and to people."
Scott, who came out in 2013, told GQ in a November interview that many people in the entertainment industry told him not to discuss his sexuality publicly.
“I understand why they gave that advice, but I’m also glad that I eventually ignored it,” he said.
Scott, who plays a gay screenwriter in “All of Us Strangers,” said the role was “so gratifying and cathartic.”
“I did have to bring so much of my own pain into it,” he told GQ.
BBC did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.