‘Mr. Bean’ Backs Boris on the Burka

Comedian Rowan Atkinson said Boris Johnson should not apologize for saying the burka looked like a letterbox

Rowan Atkinson, the comedian who played the iconic Mr. Bean, said that prominent UK politician Boris Johnson shouldn’t apologize for his joke about the burka, the face-covering attire worn by some Muslim women.

Johnson had been under fire for days over an article in which he criticized the recent ban on the burka in Denmark, but also added some critical remarks about the face-covering, including that it made women look like “a letterbox.”