British TV personality is sorry for her “s—y mistake.” The former host of presided over the London premiere of season 2 on Monday, June 10, and caught some criticism online for using gendered pronouns to refer to nonbinary star in an interview with . In a clip that has gone viral on social media, Smith — who plays Daemon Targaryen, the husband of D’Arcy’s character, Rhanerya Targaryen — appeared to gently correct Perkins’ use of the word “she,” responding, “Aren’t brilliant? are absolutely brilliant.
” Matt Smith Effortlessly Corrects Sue Perkins On Emma D’Arcy’s Pronouns 🙌🏻 — #TeamBlack Supremacy (@LadyDaenaera) While Smith was praised by social media users for using D’Arcy’s correct pronouns — they/them — Perkins, 54, apologized for her part in the exchange via X on Tuesday, June 11. “It was a s—y mistake,” she . “Had loads of stuff going on in my earpiece and so wasn’t as focused as I should have been.
No excuses though. These things matter and I feel terrible about it. Am a massive fan of their work and would never want to be disrespectful x.
” D’Arcy has spoken in the past about their nonbinary identity, including how is the first acting job that they “brought my nonbinary identity to work.” “And part of that was because HBO asked me what pronouns I use, and I thought a lot about whether this was the right time,” D’Arcy told magazine in October 2022. “The reason it’s important is that there was a poi.
