Brendan O’Carroll says Mrs Brown’s Boys won’t be cancelled due to political correctness: ‘I only write what I think is funny’

Sign 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 Mrs Brown’s Boys creator Brendan O'Carroll has insisted that the show will never be cancelled for being politically incorrect. “I don’t think Mrs Brown will be affected, and I often question myself: is Mrs Brown, me, a man, dressing up as a woman to play Mrs Brown, the same as blackface?” he said. “And decided no it’s not, because I’ve never played Mrs Brown as a man playing a woman like they do in films like Mrs Doubtfire. I suppose we all have a remote control, and the ability to buy or not buy a ticket.” O’Carroll also explained that he “would never go out of my way to be racist or homophobic”, adding: “I’m not that worried myself because I only write what I think is funny, and you hope that enough of an audience agrees with you.” Mrs Brown’s Boys returned for its annual Christmas special on 25 December, just days after O’Carroll revealed that he had signed a new six-year deal with the BBC.