{"id":92783,"date":"2025-10-20T15:02:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T15:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/92783\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T15:02:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T15:02:10","slug":"tom-blyth-apologises-to-cillian-murphy-and-ireland-after-calling-him-british","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/92783\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Blyth apologises to Cillian Murphy and Ireland after calling him \u2018British\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.live95fm.ie\/news\/entertainment\/\" class=\"c-btn c-btn--small c-btn--secondary-fill\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        All Onic Entertainment<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aiir-c-news-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/68f646659a097.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/>\n                                    (via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"aiir-c-news-article__abstract\">\n            In a now-deleted social media post, the Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes actor was asked which British figure he\u2019d like to see front Burberry\u2019s spring\/summer campaign.\n        <\/p>\n<p>Without thinking, Blyth replied: \u201cBritish icon I\u2019d like to see in a Burberry campaign? Ooh, I mean, Cillian Murphy. Let\u2019s say Cillian.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"730\" data-start=\"635\">The comment didn\u2019t go down well online, with Irish fans, and celebrities, who were quick to respond.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"985\" data-start=\"732\">Actress Eve Hewson simply wrote \u201cOh, boy,\u201d while singer Imelda May added: \u201cIt usually goes like this: \u2018I know you Irish are officially not British but\u2026 you kinda just are though aren\u2019t you\u2026 like I know that you\u2019re all \u2018not\u2019 but you all \u2018are\u2019 though.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1060\" data-start=\"987\">Love Island star Greg O\u2019Shea also weighed in, posting a vomiting emoji.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1198\" data-start=\"1062\">After the backlash, Blyth addressed the controversy while attending the BFI London Film Festival premiere of his new movie Wasteman.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1294\" data-start=\"1200\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/68f64da68a36a.jpg\" style=\"width: 619.992px; height: 414px;\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1537\" data-start=\"1296\">(Getty)<br \/>He admitted he was \u201cembarrassed\u201d by the mix-up and repeatedly apologised.\u201cFirstly, I\u2019m so sorry to you and your people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1537\" data-start=\"1296\">\u201cI\u2019ve nothing but respect for the Irish and I love Cillian Murphy.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1537\" data-start=\"1296\">I was so embarrassed \u2013 I was so jetlagged that I didn\u2019t listen to the question properly and I just blurted it out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1537\" data-start=\"1296\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/68f64df1d7a86.jpg\" style=\"width: 493px; height: 740px;\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1747\" data-start=\"1539\">(Getty)<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1747\" data-start=\"1539\">He added, laughing: \u201cOh my God, Cillian Murphy is never going to want to work with me. I genuinely was knackered and just not listening properly. I\u2019ve learnt my lesson \u2013 next time, critical hearing is key.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1904\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\" data-start=\"1749\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/68da98f76f434.png\" style=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"All Onic Entertainment (via Getty Images) In a now-deleted social media post, the Hunger Games: The Ballad of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":92784,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,608,611,607,610,609,612,43],"class_list":["post-92783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-limerick-radio","tag-limerick-today","tag-limericks-live95fm","tag-live-95","tag-live95fm","tag-live95fm-homepage","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92783\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}