Ok bro, don’t let the door hit you on the way out.
Northern Irish actor Gerard McCarthy has pulled out of the suicide awareness play Right Before I Go at London’s Soho Theatre, after Dame Maureen Lipman was announced as joining the cast for its World Suicide Prevention Day performance on September 10.
Mr McCarthy, best known for his role in BBC dramas The Fall and Call the Midwife, had been part of the production during its Edinburgh Festival Fringe run and was set to return for the London dates.
However, he said Ms Lipman’s repeatedly stated positions on the Israel-Palestine conflict made it impossible for him to remain.
Ah that’s it, is it. A woman and a Jew – just overwhelmed your ability to maintain, did she?
In a public statement issued over the weekend, the actor said he had privately raised his concerns before ultimately deciding to step away from the show entirely, describing the situation as regrettable but necessary.
Oh he privately raised his concerns, did he. Meaning he tried to get her kicked out. How very plucky of him.