Mo Gilligan takes swipe at Miriam Margolyes with Andi Peters joke at NTAs

Last week, the 85-year-old sparked outrage after making “disgusting” comments about the presenter’s heritage during an appearance on This Morning.The notoriously outspoken actor used a racial slur to describe Peters’ skin colour and interrogated the 56-year-old about his ethnicity live on air.The 85-year-old sparked outrage after making ‘disgusting’ comments about the presenter’s heritage ITVOn Tuesday, 8 September, the 38-year-old comedian made reference to the comment as he introduced himself to the audience.Before announcing the category nominees for the Factual Entertainment award, he said: “‘If you know me, I’m Mo Gilligan.”“And if you don’t know me, then I’m Andi Peters,” he said, which drew gasps and nervous laughter from the crowd at the O2 arena in Greenwich.Mo Gilligan made the jab before announcing the category nominees for the Factual Entertainment awardGettyViewers took to social media to comment on the gag, with some praising it as “brilliant”.“Mo Gilligan does make me laugh,” said one user, whilst others shared reaction videos of people laughing.However, not everyone was impressed: “That joke fell as flat as a pancake,” said one user.The exchange between Margolyes and Peters was later removed from the ITVX version of the interview, however clips of the interview have gone viral.Miriam Margolyes commented on Andi Peters’ race during an uncomfortable interviewITVSpeaking live on stage at an audience event about her book, the 85-year-old said: “I didn’t want to embarrass or hurt Andi because he seems very nice.“I’d never met him before; I didn’t know who he was and I didn’t know he was Black until I saw him. When you see someone, of course you know they’re Black.”Andi Peters has responded to the viral clip of an exchange between him and Miriam MargolyesPA ArchiveThe author went on: “I wanted to know what he thought about it because that’s what interests me. How do Black people feel? How do Brown people feel? How do fat people feel?”Read MoreReplying to Vine’s post, Peters wrote: “As you know we have to be ready for anything.”