Laurence Fox suffering from insomnia over death threats
Laurence Fox has confessed he has been suffering from insomnia since his controversial appearance on Question Time last week.
The 41-year-old Lewis star – who is father to sons Winston, 11, and Eugene, seven, with ex-wife Billie Piper – has been sent death threats and admitted it made him worry for the safety of his children.
Fox told Good Morning Britain: “I have a small bout of, hopefully, temporary insomnia. I’ve had death threats and I have got children. I’ve had death threats, yeah, [in the last week] and it’s not pleasant.”
Fox has reposted some of the death threats he has received on social media.
#stunningandbrave https://t.co/LEe2JJeZaZ
— LAURENCE FOX (@LozzaFox) January 21, 2020
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But the actor and musician insisted he did not regret anything he said on the BBC debate programme – which included accusing an audience member later revealed to be a university lecturer and race and ethnicity researcher of being “racist” for suggesting he was a privileged white male.
He said: “What I said on Question Time, I 100% stand behind. I said what I felt and I continue to believe it.”
Fox also stood by his criticism of the inclusion of a Sikh soldier character in World War I film 1917, which he claimed distracted from the storyline in its efforts to show diversity.
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Asked if he was worried that his recent controversial comments might jeopardise his acting career, he said: “We will have to wait and see, but does one want to work in a career where you have to have the right opinions. I don’t. I don’t think art is going to be improved if everyone has exactly the same opinion.”
Fox is a member of the Fox acting dynasty – his father is James Fox, his uncle is Edward Fox and his cousins are Freddie and Emilia Fox.