Tom Blyth Apologises For 'Embarrassing' Cillian Murphy Blunder

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<div><img src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/68f62ecb180000608ffe39fc.jpg?ops=scalefit_630_noupscale" alt="Tom Blyth" data-caption="Tom Blyth" data-credit-link-back="" data-credit="Matt Baron/BEI/Shutterstock" />Tom Blyth</div><div class="content-list-component text"><p><span style="font-weight:400"><a href="news/tom-blyth/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Tom Blyth</a> has apologised after a video went viral in which he referred to the Irish actor <a href="news/cillian-murphy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Cillian Murphy</a> as a “British icon”.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400">Last month, the <a href="news/the-hunger-games/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Hunger Games</a> star took part in a <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@weemenace/video/7554141315479440662" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">video interview with British Vogue</a> at a Burberry London Fashion Week event, during which he was asked to name one “British icon” he’d like to see collaborate with the brand in the future.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400">“Ooh I mean, Cillian Murphy,” Tom responded. “Let’s say Cillian.”</span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400">As you can imagine, the British star <a href="https://metro.co.uk/2025/09/25/tom-blyth-called-labelling-cillian-murphy-a-british-icon-24258132/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">wound up taking a fair bit of heat online for his mistake</a>, and British Vogue later <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@britishvogue/video/7552992924879883550" target=&quot
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