Hollywood idol James McAvoy has been branded ‘absurd’ after blaming England for Scots hitting the bottle.
The X-Men star believes people in Celtic nations are more likely to drink heavily because they’ve been treated as second-class citizens by UK governments.
In a bizarre US interview, the Glaswegian actor – who moved to London in the 1990s – also claimed that most Scots are demanding a second independence referendum but that Westminster has passed new laws to stop it happening.
On her podcast Dear Chelsea, comedienne Chelsea Handler asked McAvoy, 47, about Scotland’s reputation for hard drinking and the SNP’s push for yet another
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