{"id":5736,"date":"2023-09-18T15:35:39","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T15:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/volleyballvnl.com\/?p=5736"},"modified":"2023-09-18T15:35:39","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T15:35:39","slug":"ofcom-dismisses-complaints-over-bridgerton-stars-terribly-white-balcony-remark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/volleyballvnl.com\/?p=5736","title":{"rendered":"Ofcom dismisses complaints over Bridgerton star\u2019s \u2018terribly white\u2019 balcony remark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The broadcasting regulator, Ofcom, has decided to not take action over a comment made by Bridgerton actress Adjoa Andoh throughout ITV\u2019s stay coverage of the King\u2019s coronation celebrations on May 6. The 60-year-old actress remarked on the \u201cterribly white\u201d look of the Buckingham Palace balcony as the royal family waved to the crowds. Ofcom obtained eight,371 complaints from viewers about Andoh\u2019s comment however concluded that it was a private remark and part of a broader discussion on diversity-related topics.<br\/>In a press release, Ofcom mentioned: \u201cWhile we perceive some viewers had sturdy feelings about this comment, after careful consideration we&#8217;ve concluded that the comment was a personal remark which was part of a wide-ranging panel dialogue which additionally touched on different diversity-related topics, and which contained a spread of viewpoints.\u201d The regulator additionally took under consideration the right to freedom of expression for broadcasters and friends.<br\/> <a href=\"http:\/\/lampangonly.com\">Protected<\/a> , who plays Lady Agatha Danbury in the in style Netflix series, issued a statement in May addressing the controversy. She noted that the King had made a \u201cloving prayer, reflecting his broad embrace of the rich various peoples celebrating his coronation\u201d in the course of the service at Westminster Abbey. Andoh added: \u201cSitting in the heat of that deliberately broad embrace, I was simply caught by the visual shift on the balcony \u2013 not a very authentic statement.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The broadcasting regulator, Ofcom, has decided to not take action over a comment made by Bridgerton actress Adjoa Andoh throughout ITV\u2019s stay coverage of the King\u2019s coronation celebrations on May 6. The 60-year-old actress remarked on the \u201cterribly white\u201d look of the Buckingham Palace balcony as the royal family waved to the crowds. Ofcom obtained [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/volleyballvnl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/volleyballvnl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/volleyballvnl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/volleyballvnl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/volleyballvnl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5736"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/volleyballvnl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5737,"href":"https:\/\/volleyballvnl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5736\/revisions\/5737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/volleyballvnl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/volleyballvnl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/volleyballvnl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}