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29th Jan 2018

Coronation Street star makes controversial comments about the GAA

First of all, no

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Not too happy now, are we Jim?

Charlie Lawson, best known for playing Jim McDonald on Coronation Street is facing a bit of backlash over comments he made about GAA and the Irish language.

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The actor, who hails from Fermanagh, but lives in the UK, saw a tweet from the official GAA Twitter account that he wasn’t to happy about… because it used the Irish language.

Yep.

The tweet was a video as Gaeilge of Donegal’s Paddy McBrearty kicking a point against Kerry yesterday.

Charlie then tweeted this:

Of course, there are a few points that need to be raised here.

Firstly, it’s Gaelic football – that might be why they’re speaking as Gaeilge, Charlie, no?

And secondly, “watching some weird game” – if he thinks GAA is weird, why bother following a Twitter account all about it?

A lot of people weren’t too happy about the tweet, and commented on their dismay: