BRENDAN O’CARROLL WAS on The Graham Norton Show last night, ahead of this year’s release of Mrs Brown D’Movie.
And it turned out a surprisingly large number of British people had never realised Mrs Brown was a man.
It was a difficult moment on Twitter.
Mrs Brown’s Boys has been a huge success on UK TV – with more than 10 million people tuning in for some episodes. So the revelation of her real gender came as even more of a shock.
Some people were downright angry with Brendan O’Carroll for being a man.
Sorry, Britain. Here’s Brendan O’Carroll, who is a man, talking about the show: