Louis Theroux has had the sort of year a droll documentarian might regard as a promising subject for their next project.
He was widely criticised for a conversation on his podcast with musician Bobby Vylan of the rap duo Bob Vylan, where he ignored the artistβs attempts to talk about race and privilege β Theroux is white and privately educated β in favour of a bizarre rumination on his favourite chocolate-based breakfast cereals.
That has been followed by a tetchy interview with a British newspaper in which he seemed impatient with the sort of grilling he has himself given to figures such as Jimmy Savile and the
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