P�r nappal ezel�tt a k�z�ss�gi oldalak azzal voltak tele, hogy Ben az eml�tett interj�ban kiakadt a felt�telez�sen, miszerint Oscar strat�gi�t folytatna. A Lainey Gossip amerikai pletykalap addig elment, hogy Ben a sz�letend� gyermek�nek kellene aj�nlja a d�j�t (ha megkapja).

Most azonban az internetes k�z�ss�g h�borodott fel Ben azon kijelent�s�n, miszerint a brit, fekete sz�n�szek jobban tudnak boldogulni az USA-ban, mint az Egyes�lt Kir�lys�gban. Nem tudni milyen megfontol�sb�l, de sajn�latosan Ben a 'Coloured' kifejez�st haszn�lta, ami t�rt�nelmi okokb�l kifoly�lag f�j� eml�keket �breszt az afro-amerikai t�rsadalomban.

“I think as far as coloured actors go it gets really difficult in the UK, and a lot of my friends have had more opportunities here (in the US) than in the UK and that’s something that needs to change.”

Tegnap a Sky News reggeli f� h�reiben tolm�csolt�k Ben megb�n�s�t �s bocs�natk�r�s�t:

“I’m devastated to have caused offence by using this outmoded terminology.

"I offer my sincere apologies.

"I make no excuse for being an idiot and know the damage is done."  “I can only hope this incident will highlight the need for correct usage of terminology that is accurate and inoffensive.

"The most shaming aspect of this for me is that I was talking about racial inequality in the performing arts in the UK and the need for rapid improvements in our industry when I used the term.

"I feel the complete fool I am and while I am sorry to have offended people and to learn from my mistakes in such a public manner please be assured I have.

"I apologise again to anyone who I offended for this thoughtless use of inappropriate language about an issue which affects friends of mine and which I care about deeply." forr�s

UPDATE: Smiley, aki egy�bk�nt egy liber�lis politikai komment�tor �s a m�sora igen k�zkedvelt az amerikai PBS csatorn�n, ma az USA TODAYnek azt nyilatkozta, hogy "n�ha nem tal�ljuk a megfelel� szavakat, de ami vitathatatlanul nyilv�nval� sz�momra �s b�zom benne, hogy a n�z�k sz�m�ra is, akik l�tt�k a m�sort, hogy Benedict Cumberbatch szolid�ris a k�l�nb�z� b�rsz�n� emberekkel, akik szerepe sz�nalmasan alulreprezent�lt a film �s sz�rakoztat�iparban"

"Sometimes words get in the way, but what was abundantly clear to me, and I trust to viewers who saw the conversation, is that Benedict Cumberbatch is in solidarity with persons of color who are still staggeringly underrepresented in the film and entertainment industry,"​