Laurence Fox was dumped by his mixed-race girlfriend after his controversial comments about racism on Question Time.
During the programme, aired in January, the actor sparked a debate when he disagreed with an audience member, who claimed the press coverage of Meghan Markle was “racist”.
He clapped back by stating: “It’s so easy to throw the charge of racism at everybody and it’s really starting to get boring now.”
Rejecting the claims, he then stated it was “racist” to be called a “white, privileged male”.
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In a recent interview with The Sunday Times, the RADA-trained son of actor James Fox, revealed he was dating a mixed-race woman who swiftly split with the star following his inflammatory remarks.
He spared details about the break-up, but did say his comments “caused a lot of stress for his family”.
His brother-in-law Richard Ayoade, who is half Nigerian, was so upset by Laurence’s attitude on Question Time things between the pair were frosty for a few weeks.
The actor revealed his girlfriend swiftly dumped him following his controversial comments (Image: Dave Benett/Getty Images)
The Travel Man presenter, who is married to Laurence’s sister Lydia, was not happy with Laurence’s comments and disinvited him to the family’s weekly Sunday lunch.
He added: “There were a couple of weekends I didn’t go.”
Laurence’s Question Time comments didn’t go down well with the studio audience and divided viewers at home.
Brother-in-law Richard Ayoade banned Laurence from the family Sunday lunch for a ‘couple of weekends’ (Image: BBC/Hat Trick/Richard Kendal)
ITV host Piers Morgan said it was “a breath of honest, anti virtue-signalling fresh air” while right-wing political group Turning Point UK said it was “a critical point for our woke-era.”
Meanwhile, Labour MP Sarah Owen said: “It’s a lot easier to say racism doesn’t exist if you’ve had the privilege of never being on the receiving end of it.”
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