Brendan O'Carroll
- 69 years old
- Irish
- Actor, writer and producer
Press clippings
I detest Mrs Brown's Boys - but forced myself to sit through every minute of it
Is the BBC's critically loathed sitcom really the worst show on TV? Louis Chilton spends a week with Brendan O'Carroll's 'Mammy' and her unbearable boys to find out for himself.
Louis Chilton, The Independent, 22nd December 2024Brendan O'Carroll: We're investing in a Mrs Brown's Boys cartoon
Sitcom creator revives the idea of an animated version.
Chortle, 7th December 2024Mrs Brown's Boys star insists racist joke at Christmas filming 'was a good thing' for BBC
Mrs Brown's Boys comic Brendan O'Carroll has doubled down on his recent race row in a new interview. "The context of it... it was completely taken out of context. However I think in the long run it was a good thing, because it got people talking about it."
Felicity Cross, The Sun, 27th November 2024Brendan O'Carroll mounts extraordinary defence of N-word jokes
MailOnline can reveal that in an interview just two weeks ago O'Carroll argued in defence of such controversial comedy and claimed it could work when used when he was in character as his alter-ego Agnes Brown.
Nick Pisa, Daily Mail, 23rd October 2024Why the terminally un-PC Mrs Brown's Boys can't be killed
Critics hate it, BBC bosses can't stand it - and now it faces a race row. What explains the survival of this comedy cockroach?
Ed Power, The Telegraph, 18th October 2024Sir Trevor McDonald calls Mrs Brown's Boys racism controversy "crude, offensive, and insulting"
Sir Trevor McDonald has hit out at the cast of Mrs Brown Boys for a "crude, offensive, and insulting" joke reportedly made during filming.
Maira Butt, The Independent, 17th October 2024The 'racism' row should be the end of Mrs Brown's Boys - but it won't be
Creator Brendan O'Carroll has apologised for making a "clumsy" joke on the set of the upcoming Christmas special. But don't expect it do any damage to the worst comedy on TV.
Emily Baker, i Newspaper, 15th October 2024Brendan O'Carroll cracked a "joke" using the N-word
Mrs Brown's Boys star Brendan O'Carroll cracked a "joke" using the N-word in front of a junior member of production who was so upset they later quit. Brendan, who plays Irish matriarch Agnes, improvised on a read-through of the Christmas special script, referring to "calling a spade a spade". He was stopped from saying the final syllable of the offensive word by his wife.
The Sun, 15th October 2024Brendan O'Carroll in BBC racism probe - 'clumsy joke backfired'
Brendan O'Carroll has issued an apology for a 'clumsy' joke which sparked a racism investigation. Rehearsals were temporarily suspended with the BBC saying they are against 'all forms of racism'.
Tom Bryant, The Mirror, 14th October 2024Brendan O'Carroll pilots men's mental health sitcom Shedites for BBC
Brendan O'Carroll and the Mrs Brown's Boys team are piloting Shedites, a new sitcom for BBC One about lonely men and their sheds, written by Paddy Houlihan and set to star O'Carroll and Tommy Cannon.
British Comedy Guide, 23rd July 2024