Brendan Coyle: Downton’s Bates tells fan to ‘go **** yourself’ on Twitter (THE SUN)

By ALEX WEST
Published: 3 hrs ago

The actor — famed for his Bafta-nominated portrayal of the respectful flunky in ITV1’s period drama — hit the roof in a spat over his hatred of Lady Thatcher.

NHS consultant Roberta Knighton told him Twitter comments he posted about the ex-Tory PM were “beneath” him.

Fuming Coyle, 49, hit back: “Hard to know how to respond to that... but go f*** yourself feels about right.”

He then said: “You have no idea what is beneath me... p.s. go f*** yourself x”. Then he blocked her from viewing his account.


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(keep in mind, peoples, this is from THE SUN)

Brendan Coyle Filming 'Noble' (DOWNTON ABBEY BLOG)

 Yesterday [Jan 10] shooting kicked off on Stephen Bradley’s Noble starring Liam Cunningham, Deirdre O’Kane, Brendan Coyle, Ruth Negga and Nhu Quynh Nguyen.

The biopic is jointly produced by UK’s Destiny Films and Vietnam’s Starfilm and centres on Christina Noble who overcame her own harsh childhood to help youngsters around the world. Bradley wrote the script and in addition to directing he is also producing alongside Melanie Gore-Grimes. Ansty Productions provided financial support.

READ MORE - DOWNTON ABBEY BLOG
http://www.downtonabbeyaddicts.com/2013/01/brendan-coyle-filming-noble.html