Mrs Brown’s Boys dealing with second lawsuit as former star sues for ‘unfair dismissal’ (Image: BBC)
Mrs Brown’s Boys is reportedly being sued by former star Damien McKiernan for ‘unfair dismissal’ following his axe from the present.
McKiernan, 54, who starred as Rory Brown on the BBC collection from 2017, noticed his character written out of the programme in October 2020 and Rory didn’t function on this 12 months’s Christmas special that aired on Christmas Day.
It’s claimed McKiernan had complained to the BBC after his exit from Mrs Brown’s Boys and has now determined to take authorized motion in opposition to the present, as he feels he wasn’t handled pretty.
That is the second lawsuit Mrs Brown’s Boys is dealing with, as castmember Gary Hollywood, who performed Rory’s husband Dino Doyle, is suing the collection over a pay dispute.
An insider advised Daily Star: ‘[McKiernan] has determined to take authorized motion. He doesn’t really feel like he has been pretty handled and needs justice.’
‘Damien is devastated. The choice to drop him from the present got here out of the blue,’ they added.
Damien starred as Rory Brown on the present (Image: BBC)
The humorous collection airs on BBC One (Image: RTÉ One/BBC)
‘He doesn’t really feel prefer it was honest and he wasn’t given a correct clarification. He thinks the best way he’s been handled is appalling, so needs to take motion.’
Former star Hollywood was additionally dropped from the present in October 2020.
The absence of his character Dino and McKiernan’s character Rory was defined within the Mrs Brown’s Boys particular when Agnes Brown – performed by lead star and present author Brendan O’Carroll – revealed Rory and Dino have been caught in Wuhan after travelling there to get their very own hairdryer model.
Hollywood has argued he was underpaid in comparison with his co-stars – a lot of that are O’Carroll’s relations – and that he was given no clarification over selections that have been being made.
Gary Hollywood is in a pay dispute with the present (Image: BBC)
Hollywood performed Rory’s husband Dino on the present (Image: BBC)
‘I really feel I wasn’t being paid equally and I wasn’t being given a proof for selections,’ he advised Day by day Star Sunday.
‘Once I tried to resolve it, nothing was completed. I used to be simply disregarded. However I received’t put up with it any extra. I received’t be handled like that. This has gone too far. They shouldn’t do that to folks.’
Hollywood added: ‘I’m taking authorized motion. The papers have been lodged for a tribunal and the method has now began.’
When contacted by Metro.co.uk each a BBC spokesperson and a rep for Brendan O’Carroll declined to remark.
