Production company Monkey Kingdom has apologised to comedian Dane Baptiste for confusing a picture of him with the actor Richard Blackwood., and the move was criticised by Katherine Ryan, Rufus Hound and Noel Clarke.
Now, the NBCUniversal-owned Monkey Kingdom has issued an apology to Baptiste for the error, which they deemed ‘inexcusable,’ sharing that they had apologised to both Baptiste and Blackwood., they said: ‘We are sincerely sorry for our error, which was deeply offensive and inexcusable.‘As a production company, we are very proud of our work contributing to greater diversity on screen and behind the camera, and know that today we have unintentionally undermined important and much-needed progress.
At the time, Baptiste did not confirm which production this company made the error, and neither the title of the show he was due to promote.Tv production company just sent me press shots of myself to approve before they start the press run. This is the picture the sent ME of ME.
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