Sue Perkins apologises for misgendering ‘House Of The Dragon’ star Emma D’Arcy
nme.comSue Perkins has apologised after misgendering Emma D’Arcy by accident last week.During a red carpet interview, the comedian was speaking with D’Arcy’s House Of The Dragon co-star Matt Smith, when she referred to the actor as “she”.
D’Arcy identifies as non-binary and uses they/them pronouns.Smith subtly corrected Perkins’ mistake by saying: “I have to say, aren’t they brilliant?
They are absolutely brilliant and you’re in for a real treat with Emma this year.”He continued to praise his co-star’s work saying: “It’s a really great performance.”Perkins has since addressed the mistake, and made a post to her official X account apologising for her error.She wrote: “It was a shitty mistake.
Had loads of stuff going on in my earpiece and so wasn’t as focused as I should have been. No excuses though.”It was a shitty mistake.
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