{"id":598497,"date":"2026-05-22T19:09:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T19:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/598497\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T19:09:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T19:09:15","slug":"anger-after-outlanders-caitriona-balfe-dubs-shotts-an-armpit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/598497\/","title":{"rendered":"Anger after Outlander’s Caitriona Balfe dubs Shotts ‘an armpit’"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Daily Record reported, external<\/a> filming in Shotts had been taking place in a factory unit in the town. <\/p>\n

However a source claimed the shoot was disrupted by gangs of youths, who stole a quad bike and set it on fire.<\/p>\n

The production also had problems with the ground being impenetrable.<\/p>\n

Spotlight Shotts, external<\/a> are involved in restoring the town’s old Henderson Theatre, while trying to bring more arts and culture to the area.<\/p>\n

McSeveney added: “The problem has always been having constructive activities for young people. <\/p>\n

“That’s what we are trying to provide with things like a youth theatre, and creating something different for young people with drama classes. <\/p>\n

“Maybe Ms Balfe would have been interested in that if she’d known about it.”<\/p>\n

The Daily Record reported former Shotts MSP Alex Neil had suggested Balfe visit the town again and be properly shown around it.<\/p>\n

He said: “I think she’s pretty ignorant of what Shotts is really like and I’m happy to enlighten her.<\/p>\n

“Far from being the ‘armpit’ – which suggests the place stinks – the people are actually lovely people in Shotts. She is probably totally ignorant of its history.”<\/p>\n

Balfe’s agent and publicist were both contacted, but did not reply to BBC Scotland’s request for comment. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Daily Record reported, external filming in Shotts had been taking place in a factory unit in the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":598498,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-598497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=598497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/598498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=598497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=598497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}