Dominic West, the British actor who has starred in The Wire and The Affair, did not hold back when asked about Donald Trump testing positive for coronavirus.
Appearing on ITV breakfast show Good Morning Britain, West was asked if he had an instinctive reaction when he heard that the U.S. president had contracted coronavirus.
“I did slightly leap in the air with joy,” he said. “He said it is what it is, and I think the phrase is what goes around comes around. I just hope it doesn’t interfere with him being elected out of office, that’s all.”
Good Morning Britain host Kate Garraway gave West the opportunity to walk back his remark, asking: “I’m sure you wish him personally all the best, but you subscribe [to the idea] there’s an element of karma in all this?”
West replied: “There’s an element of schadenfreude in all this,...
Appearing on ITV breakfast show Good Morning Britain, West was asked if he had an instinctive reaction when he heard that the U.S. president had contracted coronavirus.
“I did slightly leap in the air with joy,” he said. “He said it is what it is, and I think the phrase is what goes around comes around. I just hope it doesn’t interfere with him being elected out of office, that’s all.”
Good Morning Britain host Kate Garraway gave West the opportunity to walk back his remark, asking: “I’m sure you wish him personally all the best, but you subscribe [to the idea] there’s an element of karma in all this?”
West replied: “There’s an element of schadenfreude in all this,...
- 10/2/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
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