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" BAFTA host\u00A0Stephen Fry, received a backlash of comments last night after jokingly referring to Best Costume Designer winner, Jenny Beavan, as a &amp;quot;bag lady&amp;quot;. Shortly after Beavan collected her award, Stephen\u00A0jokingly said,\u00A0&amp;quot;Only one of the great cinematic costume designers would come to the awards ceremony dressed like a bag lady.&amp;quot;\u00A0After receiving a backlash of criticism\u00A0for the joke, which pretty much\u00A0had the whole of the Royal Opera House in stitches, the 58 year-old took to Twitter last night to tell fans to &amp;quot;f*** off&amp;quot;\u00A0and has since deleted his Twitter account - talk about taking a stand!\u00A0While\u00A0his\u00A0comments were deemed harmless, some\u00A0viewers have allegedly urged for an apology.\u00A0  Jenny Beavan, a designer who is highly acclaimed for her work, collected her award sporting a black leather jacket, a baggy white T-shirt and dark trousers - they do say less is more after all, Stephen. Whilst the 11-year-running host claimed that both himself and Jenny understood the joke, he took\u00A0to Twitter to address his critics in the most earnest (and prestigious) way possible. He tweeted: &amp;quot;So just a word to the tragic figures who think calling Jenny Beavan a bag lady was an insult. She&amp;#039;s a dear friend and she got it. Derrr.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Will all you sanctimonious f***ers f*** the f*** off. Jenny Beavan is a friend and joshing is legitimate. Christ, I want to leave the planet.&amp;quot; Please don&amp;#039;t, we love you. Here&amp;#039;s the moment that had everyone on social media in dispute...        "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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