Laurence Fox apologies to Sikhs for ‘being clumsy’ after wrongly questioning turban-wearing soldier in WW1 film 1917

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Fox has apologised on social media after he sparked a race row by claiming the inclusion of a Sikh soldier in Sam Mendes' film 1917 was "incongruous", the Mail reports.

Fox described the inclusion of the Sikh serviceman in the critically-acclaimed film as "incongruous" in a podcast on Saturday while being interviewed by James Delingpole.

He was asked by GMB hosts Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid the next day about whether the inclusion of the character was historically out-of-place.

He replied: "I'm not a historian I don't know."

But the Lewis star tonight posted on his Twitter account and apologised for the "clumsy way" he expressed himself.

He said: "Fellow humans who are Sikhs.

"I am as moved by the sacrifices your relatives made as I am by the loss of all those who die in war, whatever creed or colour.

"Please accept my apology for being clumsy in the way I have expressed myself over this matter in recent days."

Please accept my apology for being clumsy in the way I have expressed myself over this matter in recent days

 

It comes after he revealed he's received DEATH THREATS after calling 'woke' people ‘fundamentally racist’.

The English actor argued he wanted people to be able to express their opinions after being locked in a row over racism.

He had been called racist during a heated Question Time debate when he hit back saying: "Oh my God.

 

I can't help what I am, I was born like this, it's an immutable characteristic: to call me a white privileged male is to be racist - you're being racist".

He then double downed on his comments during a TalkRadio appearance - saying "wokist are fundamentally racist"

War film 1917 follows two young British soldiers tasked with crossing no-man's land with a message as the Germans pull back from the Western Front.