‘We’ll claim her as ours’: Sky News dubs actress Saoirse Ronan a Brit
Irish actress Saoirse Ronan has been all over the papers this week as she does the press circuit ahead with Brooklyn ahead of awards season.
But unfortunately a few high-profile media outlets still refuse to consider her as 'Irish,' despite her Carlow upbringing and Irish passport.
Sky News made that exact faux-pas today, when discussing the BAFTA Best Actress nomination list, on which Saoirse was included.
"If we look at the leading actress category, I think we can take Saoirse Ronan as one of ours," one presenter said, also referencing (actual British person) Dame Maggie Smith.
"She's in Brooklyn, she's nominated."
German-Irish actor Michael Fassbender was another star noted as British later in the report, to really mess things up.
Hmmmm. Needless to say, Twitter went into overdrive after the unfortunate comments:
Strolling past a TV, I overhear Sky News claiming Michael Fassbender and “the amazing Saoirse Ronan” as British.
— Niall Anderson (@Mr_Considerate) January 8, 2016
@SkyNews @BAFTA Sky News claiming Saoirse Ronan as one of their own Eh she is Irish
— Connie McDonnell (@conniedoc) January 8, 2016
Sky news just now 'Saoirse Ronan, we'll claim her as one of ours' when they were talking about the #BAFTA nominations
— CROSSY (@CrossyTweets) January 8, 2016
Barely a month ago, the same problem befell Saoirse, Michael and Colin Farrell as they were all nominated under 'Best British Actor/Actress' categories at the London Critics' Circle Awards.
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