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Michael Sheen says cancel culture discussion distracts from ‘real dangers’
The IndependentSign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Michael Sheen has criticised the amount of airtime “cancel culture” is given in the media. “In my research to do that lecture, I learnt a lot about Welsh history,” he said, “and by the time I’d finished writing that lecture, I remember sitting there going, ‘Well I have a choice: I either don’t give this lecture and hold on to my OBE or I give this lecture and I have to give my OBE back.’” Watch Apple TV+ free for 7 days New subscribers only. Plan auto-renews until cancelled Try for free Sheen added that he had realised he would have been a “hypocrite” if he were to keep the award and still give the lecture about “the nature of the relationship between Wales and the British state, and the history of it”. Elsewhere in Sheen’s interview with The Independent, he discussed Boris Johnson’s leadership, becoming a “not-for-profit” actor and Last Train to Christmas.
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