He's never been to Vietnam, but his comments on the County Antrim town of Larne have left actor James Nesbitt with a little local difficulty.It started while he was on the BBC programme Something For The Weekend.
After reminiscing about how spending some of his youth in a loyalist marching band had helped him bond with his father he took part in a cooking segment on the show.
While helping prepare a Vietnamese dish he was asked if he had ever visited the As
ian country, the Jekyll star said that he hadn't - but that he had visited Larne which, in his view, was much the same.Cue local outrage in the town, with the area's DUP MP Sammy Wilson hitting out at the Northern Ireland born actor.
He said he thought it unlikely that he was comparing the town to the modern post-war Vitenam, which is rapidly rising up the tourism hot-spots.
3 comments:
Typical James Nesbitt and typical politician.
I like Mr Nesbitt, not only as an actor, but he's a character too !
His Yellow Pages ads are fantastic.
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