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| + | '''Laurence Paul Fox''' (born 26 May 1978) is an English actor, singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is best known for playing the lead role of [[Sergeant Hathaway|DS James Hathaway]] in the British TV drama series ''[[Lewis (TV series)|Lewis]]'' from 2006 to 2015. His debut album, ''Holding Patterns'', was released in February 2016. |
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| + | In January 2020 he attracted controversy for comments which he made in several media appearances, arguing that the depiction of a Sikh soldier in the film ''[[1917 (2019 film)|1917]]'' was "forced diversity"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/laurence-fox-1917-racism-sikh-soldier-gmb-first-world-war-piers-morgan-a9296476.html|title=Laurence Fox addresses criticism after saying Sikh soldier in 1917 'forced diversity' on viewers|date=22 January 2020|website=The Independent}}</ref>, stated that [[Meghan Markle]] was not a victim of racism, and branding as racist an individual who had called him a "white privileged male".<ref>Halon, Yael, "[https://www.foxnews.com/media/actor-laurence-fox-says-he-wont-back-down-on-calling-out-anti-woke-campaign-despite-backlash Actor Laurence Fox responds to backlash over comments about Meghan Markle]", ''[[Fox News]]'', 30 March 2020</ref><ref name="Equity apology">{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Laurence Fox: Actors union Equity apologises for 'disgrace' tweets |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-51870046 |work=[[BBC News]] |location= |date=2020-03-13 |access-date=2020-03-13 }}</ref> He also stated that he would not [[Dating|date]] "[[woke]]" women or women below the age of 35 because their views were too [[political correctness|politically correct]].<ref>Thompson, Danny, "[https://news.yahoo.com/actor-laurence-fox-will-not-date-woke-women-or-those-under-35-134637540.html Actor Laurence Fox will not date 'woke' women or those under 35]", ''[[Yahoo! News]]'', 19 January 2020</ref> In March 2020, the actor's union, Equity, which had heavily criticised Fox for the latter, withdrew said criticism and apologised for it.<ref name="Equity apology"/> |
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Revision as of 17:06, 11 April 2020
Laurence Paul Fox (born 26 May 1978) is an English actor, singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is best known for playing the lead role of DS James Hathaway in the British TV drama series Lewis from 2006 to 2015. His debut album, Holding Patterns, was released in February 2016.
In January 2020 he attracted controversy for comments which he made in several media appearances, arguing that the depiction of a Sikh soldier in the film 1917 was "forced diversity"[1], stated that Meghan Markle was not a victim of racism, and branding as racist an individual who had called him a "white privileged male".[2][3] He also stated that he would not date "woke" women or women below the age of 35 because their views were too politically correct.[4] In March 2020, the actor's union, Equity, which had heavily criticised Fox for the latter, withdrew said criticism and apologised for it.[3]
http://dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7904651/Laurence-Fox-says-wouldnt-date-women-35-woke.html
- ↑ Template:Cite web
- ↑ Halon, Yael, "Actor Laurence Fox responds to backlash over comments about Meghan Markle", Fox News, 30 March 2020
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Template:Cite news
- ↑ Thompson, Danny, "Actor Laurence Fox will not date 'woke' women or those under 35", Yahoo! News, 19 January 2020