Brendan O’Carroll responds to years of backlash over Mrs Brown’s Boys

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Mrs Brown’s Boys creator Brendan O’Carroll has shared the poignant reason he doesn’t pay attention to the show’s critics. In the 12 years of series and festive specials since, Mrs Brown’s Boys has been popular with viewers but maligned by critics and social media users, many of whom have branded the show “unwatchable” and called it the worst comedy on TV. That’ll do me.” Starring Jennifer Gibney, Paddy Houlihan, Eilish O’Carroll, Dermot O’Neill and Pat Shields as Mark Brown, Mrs Brown’s Boys was initially one of the most popular comedies on TV when it first aired on the BBC. open image in gallery With co-star and wife Jennifer Gibney “Incredulous and stony-faced, I’ve watched people weep with laughter at Mrs Brown’s Boys, and I can’t dispute its extreme and incredibly durable popularity,” he wrote.