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Brendan O'Carroll reveals the future of Mrs Brown's Boys amid plummeting ratings and calls for it to be axed


The 2024 festive special saw its ratings plummet to the lowest ever, with viewers claiming it 'ruined' their Christmas.

The latest episode of Mrs Brown's Boys, which has previously been described as'marmite television', saw the Irish matriarch trying to convince her family that she was not grumpy like Scrooge, but those at home described it as 'spectacularly unfunny'. During rehearsals for the special the show become embroiled in a racism row after actor and writer Brendan alluded to the N-Word in front of shocked co-stars and production staff. During rehearsals for the special the show become embroiled in a racism row after actor and writer Brendan, 69, alluded to the N-Word in front of shocked co-stars and production staff

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