Richard Ayoade's rocky relationship with brother-in-law Laurence Fox including race row
ok.co.ukTravel Man star Richard Ayoade has an unusual connection to former GB News presenter Laurence Fox.The IT Crowd star and comedian is married to Laurence’s sister, Lydia, making the pair brothers-in-law.
However, while Richard, 46, and Laurence, 45, are seemingly on good terms, that hasn't always been the case. During an interview with The Sunday Times, Laurence explained that he’d briefly fallen out with his brother-in-law following an appearance on Question Time in 2020.
His stint on political chat show saw Laurence accuse a woman of colour of racism after she called him a “white privileged male”.
Laurence had earlier called the discussion surrounding the Meghan Markle race row “boring” and claimed: “It’s not racism. We’re the most tolerant lovely country in Europe.” His comments prompted a huge backlash on social media while the Race Equality Committee of the actors’ union Equity, denounced him as “a disgrace to our industry”.
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