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Miriam Margolyes has found herself in hot water once again after quizzing This Morning host Andi Peters about his race on live TV. 

The outspoken actor, who’s best known for her roles in TV shows like Blackadder, appeared on the ITV show to promote her new book Miriam’s Full English: A Grand Tour of All Our Best Bits.

However, the interview took a turn towards the end of the segment when Margolyes, 85, began to ask Peters and his co-host Christine Lampard about their lives. 

‘You’re more interesting than I am,’ began Margolyes. ‘And if I had half the chance, I would interview you.’ 

When Lampard replied, ‘I would love you to,’ Margolyes began impersonating the host’s Northern Irish accent. 

Margolyes then asked Peters: ‘What accent would be normal for you?’ to which he replied, ‘Well, this is my normal accent.’

‘What are you?’ she asked, to which he responded, ‘What am I? I’m me.’

The actor then said, dropping the Irish accent: ‘Well, you’re a mix, aren’t you? So you’ve got a Black daddy and a white mummy.’

Slightly lost for words, Peters corrected her, explaining that ‘both [his] parents were Black’, after which Margolyes replied: ‘I think you’re what I would call high…’

Attempting to diffuse the situation, Peters interrupted with a joke, asking if his makeup artist had used a ‘lighter shade than normal’, but Margolyes continued to talk.

‘I think you’re high yella,’ she said, to which Peters asked: ‘What’s high yella?’

‘That’s what they call it in America,’ laughed Margolyes. ‘When someone isn’t deeply Black.’

Again Peters attempted to defuse the increasingly awkward conversation by saying: ‘He didn’t know there were shades’. 

‘There are shades,’ explained Margolyes. ‘And this is what we…’

Source: Read the original article on metro.co.uk

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