Edward Norton has said it was “uncomfortable” to discover that his ancestors owned slaves.
The Glass Onion star is a guest on the PBS show Finding Your Roots, a series which sees a celebrity explore their family tree.
Other celebrities due to participate in this season of the show include Claire Danes, Brian Cox, Viola Davis, and Cyndi Lauper.
In a preview clip of the episode shown to Newsweek, Norton, 53, is seen reacting to news that his ancestors owned a family of enslaved people, which included five young girls.
In the video, the actor is shown a photo of a 55-year-old man, a 37-year-old woman, and five girls, aged, four, six, eight, nine, and 10.
Host Henry Louis Gates Jr then informs Norton that the family was owned as slaves, asking the actor: “What’s it like to see that?”
He answers: “The short answer is, these things are uncomfortable, and...
The Glass Onion star is a guest on the PBS show Finding Your Roots, a series which sees a celebrity explore their family tree.
Other celebrities due to participate in this season of the show include Claire Danes, Brian Cox, Viola Davis, and Cyndi Lauper.
In a preview clip of the episode shown to Newsweek, Norton, 53, is seen reacting to news that his ancestors owned a family of enslaved people, which included five young girls.
In the video, the actor is shown a photo of a 55-year-old man, a 37-year-old woman, and five girls, aged, four, six, eight, nine, and 10.
Host Henry Louis Gates Jr then informs Norton that the family was owned as slaves, asking the actor: “What’s it like to see that?”
He answers: “The short answer is, these things are uncomfortable, and...
- 1/2/2023
- by Annabel Nugent
- The Independent - TV
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