Martin Compston has denied singing any sectarian songs after a viral video emerged of him at a Celtic convention.
A video featuring the Line of Duty star has appeared on various social media outlets. It shows him being present during an event which appeared to show fans singing an IRA song in Las Vegas last night. He was filmed at the event with ex-Hoops players Alan Thompson and Bobby Petta, and fellow actor Gianni Capaldi.
It comes after a clip showed the Greenock-born star on stage partying to the tune of Daniel Boone's 1972 hit Beautiful Sunday, but some reports suggest fans changed the words to offensive lyrics.
Compston can be seen wearing a Celtic away top while pointing in the air as the crowd chant, "Irish Republican Army. It's the I-I-I-IRA."
But now the TV celeb has announced to his 543.7K Twitter fans that he “is not the lyric police” and that he “equivocally did not sing ANY sectarian songs".
He went on to argue because he had previously worked in Belfast while making Line of Duty he did not think "this stuff is a laugh".
— martin compston (@martin_compston) June 16, 2022
Compston said on his official Twitter: “Not best pleased to wake up to a story eight hours ahead of me before I’ve had the chance to reply.
“Let me be absolutely clear, I equivocally did not sing ANY sectarian songs.
“I have worked in Belfast too long to see damage done to think this stuff is a laugh.
“If people want to change lyrics to a song that’s sung at Celtic Park, weddings, Still Game whatever that’s up to them I’m not the lyric police.
“If it was an IRA song and I was on stage bobbing along I would understand the story but I’m pretty sure Daniel Boone had nothing more than beautiful Sundays in mind when he wrote the song and that is what I was singing.”
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