{"id":1927221,"date":"2023-05-09T07:26:07","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T11:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bridgerton-star-breaks-silence-after-facing-backlash-for-saying-during-coronation-balcony-was-terribly-white\/"},"modified":"2023-05-09T07:29:06","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T11:29:06","slug":"bridgerton-star-breaks-silence-after-facing-backlash-for-saying-during-coronation-balcony-was-terribly-white","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bridgerton-star-breaks-silence-after-facing-backlash-for-saying-during-coronation-balcony-was-terribly-white\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Bridgerton&#8217; actor speaks out after criticism for calling coronation balcony &#8216;too white.&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbridgerton-star-breaks-silence-after-facing-backlash-for-saying-during-coronation-balcony-was-terribly-white%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1927221&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>&#8220;Terribly White&#8221; Balcony Comment Sparks Controversy for &#8220;Bridgerton&#8221; Star Adjoa Andoh<\/h2>\n<h3>Actress Faces Backlash for Diversity Comment<\/h3>\n<p>During <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tebow-im-grateful-my-mom-gave-me-a-chance-at-life\/\" title=\"Tebow: I\u2019m grateful my mom gave me a chance at life\">live coverage<\/a> of King Charles III&#8217;s coronation, &#8220;Bridgerton&#8221; star Adjoa Andoh made a comment about the Buckingham Palace balcony being &#8220;terribly white.&#8221; The comment sparked controversy, with some people calling her out for making &#8220;racist&#8221; remarks.<\/p>\n<p>Andoh later appeared on a BBC Radio 4 program to address the backlash, saying she didn&#8217;t mean to upset anyone and was simply struck by the lack of diversity on the balcony. However, some people criticized the BBC for allowing Andoh to make the comment in the first place and for a presenter telling her she had nothing to apologize for.<\/p>\n<h3>Twitter Users React<\/h3>\n<p>The controversy quickly spread on Twitter, with some users defending Andoh and others calling her out for being &#8220;racist.&#8221; One user questioned why it was okay to dismiss a white family for being white, while another accused Andoh of being &#8220;obviously very proud&#8221; of her racism.<\/p>\n<h3>Impartiality in Question<\/h3>\n<p>The controversy also raised questions about impartiality at the BBC, with some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/grow-up-haley-scolds-reporter-for-hard-hitting-coverage-of-her-dress-color\/\" title=\"Haley Scolds Writer for Hard-Hitting Coverage of Her Apparel Color,\" Mature Up\"\">users criticizing<\/a> a presenter for telling Andoh she had nothing to apologize for. One user called the presenter an &#8220;enabler&#8221; and questioned the BBC&#8217;s impartiality.<\/p>\n<h3>Lessons for the Future<\/h3>\n<p>Andoh&#8217;s comment and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bridgerton-star-breaks-silence-after-facing-backlash-for-saying-during-coronation-balcony-was-terribly-white\/\" title=\"'Bridgerton' actor speaks out after criticism for calling coronation balcony 'too white.'\">subsequent backlash serve<\/a> as a reminder of the importance of diversity and inclusion in all aspects of society. As younger generations grow up, it&#8217;s important to consider the nuances they will inhabit and work towards creating a more diverse and inclusive world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cBridgerton\u201d star Adjoa Andoh broke her silence after she faced some backlash for saying during live coverage of King Charles III\u2019s coronation that the Buckingham Palace balcony was \u201cterribly white.\u201d During the 60-year-old British actress\u2019 appearance on Saturday on an ITV panel the \u201cInvictus\u201d star said \u201cWe have gone from the rich diversity of the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":1927222,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[26241,6107,25499,4206,20687,7375,3625,6536,3765],"class_list":["post-1927221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-bridgerton","tag-actor","tag-balcony","tag-calling","tag-coronation","tag-criticism","tag-speaks","tag-too","tag-white"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1927221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1927221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1927221\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1927222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1927221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1927221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1927221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}