To be heartbroken about Douglas Henshall not being a lovely guy I thought he was.

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Just that really.
Love him in Shetland. Followed him on Twitter and found out he is not a nice guy at all. Quite shocking tweets to be honest - and he's been like that for years!
I know about actors being different people to their characters, but somehow I imagined him being more like Jimmy Perez and less like a prick he seems to be. I am genuinely upset.

He is a good guy….he very reasonably hates the Tories…like most educated people who don’t like the wealthy crapping on the poor…WTF dont you like about that???

Absolutely this.

I too love the books and think he's well cast. Who would you imagine in the role based on the books?

I'm a farmer and obviously mix with loads of Scottish men and women known for their plain speaking. People do use the c-word but only in a blue moon. And also good to see you on a thread Lass

I agree .It really isn't true. I don't know what posters who persist with this are trying to achieve?

Is it some sort of "wha's like us? myth?

Why are some of so keen to be so cool about sectarian slurs?

You're really not coming across as cool btw, far from it.

Posters on MN are always trying to portray us Scots as universally in favour of independence when nothing could be further from the truth. We are not one homogenous mass.

Why thank you. I'm from a farming background and agree it's a word which would be used in extreme circumstances and I can't recall my immediate family using it at all.

Kidz r crying now. Dougie Henshall not fae fair isle? 😭 he’s probably not even part Spanish.

If you're offended by cunts and pricks you have no place on the Internet my love. Are you a rangers fan per chance?

I live in a C of E parish and went to a C of E school and honestly it seems pretty accurate to me.

Sectarianism is Scotlands shame. I cannot abide it from either side. It’s so pathetic it’s disgraceful.

I like Douglas Henshall in the series but in the books Perez is supposed to look Spanish - it's in the name - Perez.

The sectarian slurs are disgusting. It's really put me off him

I'm not keen to be seen as 'cool'. I do think he tones it down for Twitter - I see he's removed the post and apologised.

Are you really heartbroken though? I mean, on a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being ‘meh, hun, cba’ and 10 being ‘omg I can never get out of bed again’, can you indicate the level of heart brokenness you’re experiencing after an actor tweeted something you didn’t like about football?

Just asking.

can you indicate the level of heart brokenness you’re experiencing after an actor tweeted something you didn’t like about football?

OP clarified if wasn't the football tweet that upset her.

Meh, actors are usually a bit more feisty than the characters they portray. I can barely be bothered to lift my hands to clutch my pearls at this, tbh.

No I'm not a Rangers' fan but unlike some posters I think sectarianism is a blight on Scotland and don't airily waive it away , because , hey I'm sooo cool.

Your comment about "no place on the internet" is so ridiculous it's not worth responding to.

I think I blame Peter Capaldi and Paul Higgins- very rare examples of outrageous and creative swearing which were genuinely funny. Unfortunately it's paved the way for any one lacking in the same imagination and creativity to think adding the c word is automatically funny.

I get you, OP. It's disappointing when we have these celeb crushes and they turn out to be not so nice as we'd imagined. I'm no shrinking violet but I don't use or hear the C word bandied about much but if that's his vernacular (or showing off on Twitter?) then OK. As for the sectarian slur.. not great but fairly common unfortunately.

Remember, it's Jimmy Perez you lurve not Dougie H.

can you indicate the level of heart brokenness you’re experiencing after an actor tweeted something you didn’t like about football?

It isn't about football though is it, football has just got tangled up in it.
Sectarianism used to regularly lead to blokes getting stabbed when I was growing up, football or not it needs taking seriously.

YABU.
Also Harry didn't spit.

He lives near me and always seems nice when I see him out and about, OP. If that's any consolation.

Thought he'd kicked the bucket when I saw the snippet of your thread title.

Oh another poster who's happy with sectarianism.

I see we've had "not batted an eye-lid" and water of a duck's back and now "clutch my pearls".

It's a real MN bingo card of clichés

I'm a Christian and an Anglican and found the tweet about that hilarious. Also he might have a point. Especially in light of the most recent Lambeth conference.