This incident sheds light on the harassment actor Andrew Scott faced from a BBC host at the BAFTAs. It’s 2024, and there’s no room for homophobic comments.
During a BAFTA interview, reporter Colin Paterson felt the need to grill Scott about the Saltburn scene where Barry Keoghan nude scene, simply because Andrew Scott is gay. He persisted even after Scott tried to gracefully evade the question, shaking his head in disbelief but keeping a smile. Paterson then hinted at Scott knowing more about Keoghan and joked about rumored prosthetics, prompting Scott to walk away, refusing to engage. Paterson chuckled, asking, “Too much?”
This is frankly disgusting. Andrew Scott is there to support his multiple nominated film and THIS is what you ask? Then when he looks visibly uncomfortable the guy carried on. Truly horrid. #BAFTAs pic.twitter.com/42VEoBXRQi
— Alex Gilston (@PresenterAlex) February 18, 2024
Some other comments:
Jesus tap-dancing Christ. 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. https://t.co/Fm2qE1Dxml
— Nicholas Pegg (@NicholasPegg) February 18, 2024
Whether scripted or simply thoughtless, such questions have no place in interviews. They reek of homophobia and heteropatriarchy. Respect for privacy should be paramount, and these inquiries only reveal a lack of journalistic integrity and a desperate attempt to sexualize actors for headlines. Pathetic.
What Was Andrew Scott Doing at the Baftas?
It’s worth mentioning that Andrew Scott attended as a representative of his talent and to promote his film All Of Us Strangers, so the interviewer’s remarks were unrelated to the incident. Unfortunately, despite receiving six nominations, Andrew Scott’s film didn’t secure any awards.
