Stephen Fry fears sack from BBC for being ‘old, fat and white’

OHMYGOSSIP — Stephen Fry thinks he will be sacked for by the BBC for being “old, fat and white.”
The 64-year-old star has worked for the broadcaster several times over the course of his career – famously hosting their flagship comedy panel show ‘QI’ for over a decade and starred in classic sketch show ‘A Bit of Fry Laurie’ on the BBC – but “wouldn’t be surprised” if he was shown the door in today’s world.
He said: “I’m not as old as the BBC but I’m getting there. You know, I wouldn’t be surprised if I was shown a red card. I can’t imagine myself stopping because I enjoy it too much. But I can imagine people saying: ‘do we really need this fat, old, white b*****? I’d be very upset if I was some great hero of comedy and drama who I sometimes overhear saying, “f****** BBC, once you get past… don’t they know what I’ve done for them?!”
The former ‘Alfresco’ star – who has been married to Elliott Spencer, 35, since 2015 – also admitted that although he is due to reach the age of retirement in August 2022, he has no plans to call time on his career altogether.
Speaking at the BFI and Radio Times Television Festival, he added: “I’m of an age that I could retire, so everything that’s coming to me is lucky. I’m happy to still be asked to do things. I’m going to Iceland and then a couple of weeks later I’m off to Amsterdam to do a documentary about these remarkable Dutch resistance fighters who were both openly gay in the 1930s when the Germans invaded the Netherlands, they had courage that’s just beyond belief.
Then I have a couple of things for Netflix coming up. There’s a Neil Gaiman one I’m looking forward to, it’s just a small part in the adaptation of ‘The Sandman’. I’m very fortunate and lucky. I don’t mean to sound like I’m ready to settle down but we’re living in a very interesting time, there’s a huge change going on.”

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