‘Bridgerton’ Star Breaks Silence After Facing Backlash For Saying During Coronation Balcony Was ‘Terribly White’

“Bridgerton” star Adjoa Andoh broke her silence after she faced some backlash for saying during live coverage of King Charles III’s coronation that the Buckingham Palace balcony was “terribly white.”

During the 60-year-old British actress’ appearance on Saturday on an ITV panel the “Invictus” star said “We have gone from the rich diversity of the Abbey to a terribly white balcony. I am very struck by that.” The image was that of the King, Queen Camilla and other members of the royal family, the Mirror reported.

“I am also looking at those younger generations and thinking: ‘What are the nuances that they will inhabit as they grow?” she added.

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Actress Adjoa Andoh was given a BBC platform to speak of a "terribly white balcony".
Can you imagine them giving someone a platform to speak of a "terribly black" family or a "terribly black" TV show?
Why is it ok to dismiss a white family for being white?pic.twitter.com/OnjZ0thh6j

— Darren Grimes (@darrengrimes_) May 6, 2023

The video surfaced on Twitter, with people blasting the actress for making “racist” comments.

“Why is it ok to dismiss a white family for being white?” one person wrote.

Another added, “Adjoa Andoh is a [racist], and obviously very proud of it. Why is [BBC] promoting racism?”

Another person tweeted, “How has Adjoa Andoh got away with that, if it was the other way round it would be deemed racist and all hell would let loose! [bbc] [RoyalFamily].”

While another wrote, “How can she get away with that? Anyone of white color would have to make a public apology. Ridiculous, just shows she’s a racist though.”

After the star faced some criticism, she went on the BBC and responded to the backlash, noting some people were upset with her.

“I think I upset a few people yesterday I was talking about the day and how marvelous it was and then looking at the balcony at the end,” Andoh said. “‘And I suddenly went ‘ooh, it’s so white’ – because the day had been so so mixed. I didn’t mean to upset anybody, I just was…”

A BBC Radio 4 presenter Paddy O’Connell then interupted the actress and told her she didn’t have anything to apologize for and said “You haven’t upset anyone.”

And now the British Broadcasting Company is in trouble, with people saying this one broadcaster had no right to say she hadn’t upset anyone with her comments, the Daily Mail noted.

“Bridgerton star Adjoa Andoh has just tried to back track on [bbcradio4], about her comment that the Buckingham Palace balcony was ‘terribly white,'” one person tweeted. “And then the presenter Paddy O’Connell tells her that she’s got nothing to apologize for. Please don’t speak for me!”

While another tweeted, “Paddy O’Connell is an enabler. Where is the impartiality [BBCRadio4]?”

Juan Williams Gives Impassioned Defense Of Hunter Biden. Newt Gingrich Finishes Him In Five Words

Liberal “Fox News Sunday” contributor Juan Williams gave an impassioned defense of President Joe Biden’s embattled son Hunter — and the president as well — but former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich quickly settled the score.

Both Williams and Gingrich joined host Shannon Bream for the panel discussion portion of the Sunday morning show, and the temperature around the table quickly heated up when the topic turned to Hunter Biden.

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"It's a fact, Juan that there were $3 million dollars that has been disclosed that went to the Biden family from a Chinese billionaire."@newtgingrich destroys Juan Williams on Hunter Biden's corrupt business dealings. pic.twitter.com/lIeo5KjqQw

— Media Research Center (@theMRC) May 8, 2023

Williams began by acknowledging the younger Biden’s personal issues — particularly drugs and sex — and argued that despite the situation being less than optimal, the only thing he believed Joe Biden was truly guilty of was trying to help and protect his son.

“We know Hunter Biden’s an addict, we know he’s an alcoholic. We know he’s had sex addiction problems. We know he’s not the son you would have. But Joe Biden acted as a father trying to protect his son and trying to help his son. I don’t think anyone’s gonna fault him for that,” Williams said.

“But you compare that to the graft and the grifting from Trump golf courses, Trump hotels, Chinese shoe deals with the daughter, and the son-in-law getting billions from the Saudis. It’s unbelievable,” Williams continued, immediately pivoting to turn the attack on former President Donald Trump. “Even this week you have to compare it to the trouble we’ve heard about in New York with the sexual assault case against Trump. But this is what Hunter Biden has come down to now. He is a distraction, a shield against all the trouble that Trump is experiencing.”

Gingrich pushed back, arguing that the lucrative international business deals — to which multiple members of the Biden family, the president included, have been connected — should not be brushed aside so easily.

“There are facts. The widow of the Moscow mayor sent millions of dollars to Hunter Biden. He got money from Kazakhstan,” Gingrich replied. “He got money from Ukraine and served on a board about which he knew nothing. He got a lot of money from China and it’s a fact, Juan, that there were $3 million that has been disclosed that went to the Biden family from a Chinese billionaire.”

“Now you can decide that none of this stuff matters, but the fact is you have the Vice President of the United States taking his son on Air Force Two into China where his son is making business deals. And you just described his son. Your language, he’s a sex addict, he’s an alcoholic —” Gingrich continued.

Williams jumped back in then, asking, “Is that an attack on the president? He’s not the president! He’s the son! Nepotism is not a crime! You look at the nepotism in every president and every famous family but that’s not a crime.”

Bream interjected then, noting that members of both the Trump family and the Biden family had been the targets of accusations regarding nepotism, and asked whether a double standard might be in play.

“Look, I think you have a son, Joe Biden’s son, Hunter who might make some business deals. Newt describes this as millions flowing to the family. Kind of amorphous. But I know specifically of two billion dollars that went to Jared Kushner and nobody’s gonna argue about that,” Williams said again.

But Gingrich was not convinced, and he argued that based on Williams’ own description of Hunter Biden, no serious business was going to invest in him unless they thought they could use him to get something better: “They were investing in Joe.”

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