Former US chat show host Craig Ferguson has revealed he feels Scots are still guilty of “absurd prejudice” after being “taught to fear and loathe the English” when growing up.
The comedian, actor and TV host, who moved to the US in the mid-1990s, also said some Scots were committing an “act of self-robbery”.
Ferguson, raised in Cumbernauld, Lanarkshire, also criticises “revisionist fairytales” Braveheart and Outlander in his new memoirs and describes Bonnie Prince Charlie as a “chancer”.
In his book, Riding the Elephant, the 57-year-old also writes of his belief that the current independence movement could be traced back to Margaret Thatcher’s policies as prime minister.
Ferguson recalls his nerves about making his debut at the Edinburgh Festival in 1986 because of his judgment of English people in the audience, but ended up having the “time of his life”.
He writes: “I was wrong about Edinburgh. It’s an absurd prejudice that quite a few Scots still suffer from.
“I say suffer, because I believe if you are prejudiced you are committing an act of self robbery, which will severely damage your chance of joy or happiness.”
Ferguson returns to stand-up comedy at the Edinburgh Fringe in August.
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