Actor Alan Cumming gives back his OBE award over ‘toxicity of empire’

LONDON — Scottish actor Alan Cumming said on Friday he was giving back his OBE – Officer of the Order of the British Empire – award, saying his eyes had been “opened” over “the toxicity of empire”.

Writing on his Instagram page, the “Instinct” and “The Good Wife” actor, who also has U.S. citizenship, said that while he had been “incredibly grateful” to receive the recognition in the 2009 Queen’s birthday honours list, he had recently changed his mind.

Cumming said he was awarded the OBE for his work as an actor as well as “for activism for equal rights for the gay and lesbian community”.

 

 

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