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Miriam Margolyes Under Fire for Using Offensive Slang On-Air
Viewers accused the 85-year-old actress of racism after she used an offensive racial term while discussing Andi Peters on ITV's This Morning.
- On Thursday, actor Miriam Margolyes appeared on This Morning alongside Andi Peters, where she questioned his ethnicity and referred to him as "high yalla," an offensive term to describe his skin color during the live broadcast.
- Margolyes appeared alongside Christine Lampard to promote her new book, All Our Best Bits, but the interview pivoted when she began discussing accents with the hosts before turning questions onto them.
- After incorrectly questioning if Peters had "a Black daddy and a white mummy," Margolyes called him "high yalla," a historically derogatory American expression for Black people with lighter complexions, per source documentation.
- ITV removed the exchange from ITVX without public explanation, while viewers condemned the remarks online; broadcaster Jeremy Vine praised Peters for handling the situation professionally during the "nerve-wracking" moment.
- Margolyes has previously drawn criticism for calling Charles Dickens' character Fagin "Jewish and vile" and for comparing Israel to Nazi Germany, establishing a pattern of controversial public statements.
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