Seth Rogen is slammed for ‘selecting on’ Celia Imrie throughout his TV BAFTAs speech as he jokes ‘what else have you ever achieved aside from fart on a actuality present?!’

Seth Rogen has been slammed for ‘picking on’ Celia Imrie during his TV BAFTAs speech on Sunday night. 

The actor, 44, was up on stage to collect an award in the International category for his series The Studio – but couldn’t resist a cheeky dig at iconic actress Celia, 73, as he spoke.

Celia had been the focus of a few jokes earlier in the night after she famously broke wind during a scene on Celebrity Traitors which aired last year. 

As he got up on stage a baffled Seth pointed to Celia and said: ‘I assume this woman in the green dress is a very accomplished and talented woman, but all I know is that she farted on a reality TV show…’.

In another cheeky dig he added: ‘What else have you done?’

Viewers were quick to react to the moment on X, saying it was bizarre he didn’t know who acclaimed actress Celia was.

They penned: ‘Seth Rogan doesn’t know who Celia Imrie is??? Seriously?? #baftas.’,

‘@Sethrogen how on earth do you not know who @celiaimrie is? #mortifyingspeech.’,

Seth Rogen has been slammed for ‘picking on’ Celia Imrie during his TV BAFTAs speech on Sunday night

The actor, 44, was up on stage to collect an award in the International category for his series The Studio – but couldn’t resist a cheeky dig at iconic actress Celia, 73, as he spoke

‘Seth rogen not knowing of celia imrie, dpmo.’,

‘I think Seth Rogen needs to show some manners – & time the time to review Celia Imrie’s incredible CV #BAFTA.’,

‘@Sethrogen I love you but when you just called the acting legend that is Celia Imrie ‘that woman’ and enquired about her other work my soul died a little.’,

‘He just made himself look like a bit of an a**e in front of a British audience for not knowing the incredible work of Celia Imrie!!!!.’,

‘Seth Rogan picking on Celia Imrie as is he’s all that #BAFTAs.’,

‘Imagine not knowing who Celia Imrie is #bafta.’,

Later in his speech Seth gave a sweet mention to his late co-star Catherine O’Hara as he collected the award for The Studio.

He said on stage: ‘I’d be remiss not to mention one of the key parts of the show, Catherine O’Hara.

‘She meant so much to all of us. I assume her work has been so important to you all over here as it was to us. So this is for Catherine.’ 

Beloved Home Alone actress Catherine passed away in January at age 71 and played Patty Leigh in The Studio.

At the Actor Awards in March, Catherine posthumously won the Female Actor in a Comedy Series for her work on the show.

Seth accepted the award on her behalf and said: ‘I’ve been given the sad honor of accepting this award on O’Hara’s behalf.

Celia had been the focus of a few jokes earlier in the night after she famously broke wind during a scene on Celebrity Traitors which aired last year

Viewers were quick to react to the moment on X, saying it was bizarre he didn’t know who acclaimed actress Celia was

Later in his speech Seth gave a sweet mention to his late co-star Catherine O’Hara as he collected the award for The Studio

‘I know she would have been honored to receive this award from her fellow performers, who I know she respected so much. She was such big fans of all of yours.

‘I, obviously, have been reflecting on the time I was fortunate enough to spend with her, working with her, and something that I’ve just been marveling at over the last few weeks was really her ability to be generous and kind, while never ever minimizing her own ability to contribute to the work that we were doing.’

Owen Cooper continued his award-winning streak at the British Academy Television Awards at London’s Royal Festival Hall on Sunday.

The actor, 16, who has made history by becoming the youngest winner of the Best Supporting Actor award at both the Golden Globes and the Emmy Awards, took home the BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor.

Meanwhile, his onscreen mum Christine Tremarco won Best Supporting Actress in a surprise result beating co-star Erin Doherty, who previously took home the Golden Globe and Emmy Award. 

Nominations were announced in March with Stephen Graham leading the way with a total of 11 nominations for the drama as well as seven for his Disney+ series, A Thousand Blows – for which he is an executive producer.

Adolescence, which was created by actor Stephen, 52, and writer Jack Thorne, tells the story of British teenager Jamie Miller, who is found guilty of murdering a female classmate after being sucked in by the manosphere online. 

Each episode is filmed in one continuous shot and has been widely praised for addressing topics such as online radicalisation and misogyny.

Stephen wiped away tears as Christine took to the stage and said: ‘I hold this BAFTA high to Hannah Walters and Stephen Graham, thank you so much’. 

The Netflix series also won in the Limited Drama category, beating the shows; Fought The Law (ITV), Trespasses (Channel 4) and What It Feels Like For A Girl (BBC Three).

Claudia Winkleman accepted the Reality Award for The Celebrity Traitors. 

The host, 54, revealed she had flown down from Scotland on Saturday morning from filming the second series to collect the gong.

The Traitors host left less than half an hour after receiving the BAFTA to get back on the plane and return to Ardross Castle.

The Entertainment BAFTA was awarded to Last One Laughing. The show follows ten comedians competing to make each other laugh without laughing themselves.

Host Roisin Conaty said: ‘Thank you it’s such an amazing honour. This is such a beast of a show, it’s like a war room.’ 

Judi Love added: ‘This was a show that you can sit down and enjoy with all generations of your family and that’s what TV in the UK is about.’

Steve Coogan won a BAFTA for actor in a comedy for his performance in How Are You? It’s Alan (Partridge). 

He said: ‘If anyone wants to know when Alan Partridge is going to die, it’s probably about the same time as I am going to die – I will keep doing it.

‘Doing comedy in times like this is so important and it’s a privilege to make people laugh. I’m not going to be very funny because my comedy writers haven’t written anything funny for me to say.’

Katherine Parkinson won a BAFTA as best actor in a comedy for Here We Go and thanked her husband Stephen who she said: ‘wasn’t here tonight because he didn’t think I’d win.’

The Specialist Factual BAFTA was won by Simon Schama’s The Road to Auschwitz. ‘I think the BBC is the only broadcasting institution that would dare to make this kind of film,’ said the historian.

The BAFTA for factual series went to See No Evil, about the career of prolific abuser John Smyth and the 35 year cover up which led to the fall of the Archbishop of Canterbury.

The BAFTA single documentary went to Grenfell: Uncovered.

The Current Affairs BAFTA went to the series Gaza: Doctors Under Attack. It had been commissioned by the BBC but went out on Channel 4.

The corporation paused its production following the launch of an investigation into another documentary Gaza: How to Survive a War Zone, which starred the son of a leader of Hamas – a fact that the film failed to mention.