THE BBC is under pressure today to apologise to Irish actor Andrew Scott after he was asked an “inappropriate” question about Barry Keoghan’s package at the Baftas.
Dubliner Barry was up for a gong for hit movie Saltburn.
And one of the standout moments in the flick sees him dancing naked through an empty house soundtracked by Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s classic pop hit Murder on the Dancefloor.
But there was anger on the red carpet at the Baftas when Andrew was asked about the dance by BBC entertainment correspondent Colin Paterson.
In a clip of the interview posted online, the BBC man asked the Irish star ”how well” he knows Barry and for his reaction when he saw “the naked dance at the end of Saltburn?”
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However the BBC interviewer then continued: “There is a lot of talk about prosthetics. How well do you know him?”
To which an uncomfortable Andrew responds, waving the question away: “Too much, too much.”
Newstalk Reporter, Henry McKean, who was in London covering the awards at London’s Royal Festival Hall, claimed the incident cost other media their chance of talking to Andrew on the red carpet.
Henry told The Irish Sun: “Andrew walked away from us and I think he was annoyed over being asked such a lazy question. It was inappropriate.
“It was a bad line of questioning. It was one ill thought out question. Andrew clearly looked uncomfortable.
“I think this is one of the reasons why Cillian Murphy is gone off red carpets because sometimes journalists do ask silly questions.
“He could have asked Andrew Scott about Andrew Scott and the nominated perfect film All of Us Strangers. Not about Barry Keoghan’s package.”
UK theatre critic Mark Shenton added: “How utterly embarrassing is this BBC red carpet interview with the brilliant Andrew Scott.
“Andrew handles it with supreme tact – but why was he even asked this?”
Andrew was re-united with All Of Us Strangers co-star Paul Mescal, to present the Bafta for Best Animated Film during Sunday’s ceremony.
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The BBC did not respond for comment.
