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27th April 2017
02:32pm BST

I love that Orlando Bloom keeps saying pikey on Radio 1 when there was a whole feature on there about how offensive that is the other day ?
— wann™ (@neversquare) April 26, 2017
Orlando insists that he didn't mean the word in an offensive way, saying:No, Orlando Bloom on @R1Breakfast @BBCR1, you're not a 'pikey from kent'. It's a racist slur! #radio1 #traveller #gypsy #racism
— angree bindii (@angreebindii) April 26, 2017
"I've come from Kent and I grew up with a lot of, like, freewheeling, cool, interesting characters like that. I certainly wasn't taking a slant at that at all. I'm very respectful."However, the BBC were still forced to apologise saying:
"As with any live broadcast, we take great care to ensure all guests are briefed about their language before going on air. We apologised to listeners afterwards for any offence caused."Lead image via BBC.
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