CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

Variety reports:

Some of David Tennant’s Donald Trump jokes during his BAFTAs monologue ended up on the BBC’s cutting room floor. Several of the host’s quips — one of which compared the U.S. president to Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice character — were cut from the BBC’s broadcast of the British awards ceremony on Sunday night, which is pre-recorded two hours before it airs in the U.K.

Though Tennant’s bit about Trump in relation to “The Brutalist” was left in (“It’s the boldest architecture in film this year, apart from Donald Trump’s hair in ‘The Apprentice’”), it cuts off there and does not include the following: “Donald Trump, he says he hasn’t seen ‘The Apprentice’ because it’s a 15 [referring to the U.K. film rating]. It’s not on Nickelodeon. Donald Trump … I’m worried. I’ve said his name three times. It’s like ‘Beetlejuice’ — I’ve summoned him.”

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David Tennant took to the podium as the BAFTA Film Awards host for a second time on Sunday night — and called out U.S. President Donald Trump:

“Donald Trump, he says he hasn’t seen ‘The Apprentice,’ because it’s a 15” — referring to the U.K. film rating — “It’s not on… pic.twitter.com/U4VzL45NYh

— Variety (@Variety) February 16, 2025