David Oyelowo has defended fellow British actor and friend,
Benedict Cumberbatch, for using the term "coloured" during an
interview.
Cumberbatch has apologised and said he was "devastated
to have caused offence" after using the word on a US TV show to describe
black actors.
"I think it's ridiculous," Selma star Oyelowo told
reporter
"When you look at what he was actually saying it's
clear that he's a huge supporter of black performers."
David Oyelowo was speaking at the UK premiere of Selma, in
which he stars as 1960s civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr. Cumberbatch
mentioned David Oyelowo and Chiwetel Ejiofor as part of a wider discussion with
US talk show host Tavis Smiley about diversity in the film industry.
"To attack him for a term, as opposed to what he was
actually saying, I think is very disingenuous and is indicative of the age we
live in where people are looking for sound bites as opposed to substance."
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