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9th May 2017
01:33pm BST

The Irish comedian shared an excerpt from a review of his latest show, Dara and Ed’s Road to Mandalay with Ed Byrne. The paragraph reads: “Neither does the increasingly dull formula of sending white British men to far-flung places in search of “strange and quirky” aspects of other cultures. “The latest are Irish comedians Dara Ó Briain and Ed Byrne who travel across Malaysia in a three-part series exploring south-east Asia.”Bravo @guardian telly review! Accuses us of cultural insensitivity, while in the same sentence subsuming Ireland back into Britain... pic.twitter.com/FhVRM2DcUR
— Dara Ó Briain (@daraobriain) May 8, 2017
While Dara took issue with the paper suggesting he was British, he also found another aspect of the piece “Irritating”. “Calling me and Ed ‘white British men’ is also irritating since the show was clearly a celebration of Malaysia’s hugely diverse culture.”Calling me and Ed "white British men" is also irritating since the show was clearly a celebration of Malaysia's hugely diverse culture
— Dara Ó Briain (@daraobriain) May 8, 2017
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