How very dare they!
Ruth Negga, from Limerick, missed out on an Oscar last night. She was nominated for her role in Loving but lost out to Emma Stone in La La Land.
Naturally, as she’s from Ireland, we were all rooting for her and equally gutted when she didn’t win. But it was only a matter of time before someone from Britain tried to claim the actress for themselves.
Ruth was born in Ethiopia to an Irish mother and relocated to Limerick at the age of 4, where she attended primary and secondary school, before moving to Dublin to go to Trinity College.
So, when someone on This Morning called her British, people were not happy.
@thismorning Hello, Ruth Negga is Irish-Ethiopian NOT British. Please clarify this for your Irish viewers. Thanks.
— Geraldine (@deise_daisy12) February 27, 2017
My mother is tweeting for the very first time to let This Morning know that Ruth Negga is NOT British #proud
— kate (@katehannififi) February 27, 2017
What is with #ThisMorning? #ruthnegga is Irish, not British. Stop claiming that which does not belong to you!! #IrishOscarNominee
— Jean Cogavin (@jcogavin) February 27, 2017
Wake up call to @thismorning , @ruthnegga is not British nor is she flying the British flag. #irish.
— legoman❗ (@Brenoconn) February 27, 2017
#ThisMorning eh Ruth Negga is Irish, not British
— Marianne Gunnigan (@mazcon) February 27, 2017
@thismorning #ruthnegga is irish not british #justsaying
— Eilish Duffy (@DuffyEilish) February 27, 2017
#ThisMorning should apologise for calling #ruthnegga British #waiting …..
— Sarah Durcan (@milleniumbabe) February 27, 2017
They’re not the only ones that got it wrong. A reporter with the New York Times also said she was British.
A NYT journalist, @GuyTrebay called Ruth Negga ‘British’. Le sigh. An AP photographer caption, in contrast. pic.twitter.com/rxcbsqb7x0
— Gavin Sheridan (@gavinsblog) February 26, 2017
Tut tut.
