Brian Cox: Trump talking 'b*******s' on Scottish independence

Hollywood histrion Brian Cox has told Sky News that Donald Trump is talking "bollocks" aft suggesting determination should beryllium 50 oregon 75 years betwixt Scottish independency referendums.

The US president said a state "can't spell done that excessively much" erstwhile questioned by reporters during his sojourn to Scotland this week.

The Emmy-winning star, who is an independency supporter, has deed back, branding him "that idiot successful America".

The 79-year-old told Sky News: "He's talking bollocks. I'm sorry, but helium does. It's rubbish. Let's get connected with it and let's get it [independence] done. We tin bash it.

"It's been pugnacious arsenic there's a large woody of undermining that has gone on."

SNP fraud probe causing 'harm'

Mr Cox said the constabulary fraud probe examining the SNP's finances has done "enormous harm" to the enactment and wider independency movement.

Nicola Sturgeon was arrested arsenic portion of the long-running constabulary probe but cleared of immoderate wrongdoing earlier this year.

The erstwhile archetypal minister's estranged hubby Peter Murrell, who was SNP main enforcement for 2 decades, appeared successful tribunal successful April to look a complaint of alleged embezzlement. He has entered nary plea.

Brian Cox is preparing to instrumentality to the Scottish signifier for the archetypal clip successful a decennary successful a play astir the Royal Bank of Scotland's relation successful the 2008 fiscal crash.

Ahead of the Edinburgh festival performances, the seasoned histrion told Sky News: "I deliberation it's a masterpiece. It's surely 1 of the champion pieces of enactment I've been progressive in.

'My person Spacey should beryllium forgiven'

The Succession prima was besides asked astir his "old friend" Kevin Spacey.

The erstwhile House of Cards actor, 65, was exiled from the showbiz satellite successful 2017 aft allegations of intersexual misconduct.

Spacey has admitted to "being excessively handsy" successful the past and "touching idiosyncratic sexually" erstwhile helium didn't cognize they "didn't privation him to".

Spacey stood proceedings successful the UK for aggregate intersexual offences against 4 men successful July 2023 but was acquitted connected each counts.

Mr Cox told Sky News: "I americium truthful against cancel culture. Kevin has made a batch of mistakes, but determination is simply a benignant of viciousness astir it which is unwarranted.

"Everybody is anserine arsenic everybody else. Everybody is susceptible of the aforesaid mistakes and the aforesaid sins arsenic everybody else."

Asked if helium could spot a instrumentality to showbiz for Spacey, Cox replied: "I would deliberation truthful eventually, but it's precise pugnacious for him.

"He was tricky, but helium has learnt a large lesson. He should beryllium allowed to spell connected due to the fact that helium is simply a precise good actor. I conscionable deliberation we should beryllium forgiving."

He concluded: "What is the joyousness you get retired of kicking idiosyncratic successful the balls erstwhile they are down? That is what I cannot stand."