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Hiddleston, a UNICEF ambassador, was accused of being a
"white savior" after telling the audience how he met some
Medecins Sans Frontieres medics in South Sudan last year who
told him they "binge-watched" the series while holed up.
He said the idea that he could provide some relief for people
"fixing the world in the places where it is broken made me
immensely proud".
But after coming under criticism for his remarks, the
35-year-old actor said his "nerves got the better of me" while
he accepted the award for Best Actor in a TV Drama for his role
in the series that was adapted from a John le Carre novel.
"My speech at the Golden Globes last night was inelegantly
expressed ... I was very nervous and the words just came out
wrong," he wrote on Facebook on Tuesday.
"Sincerely, my only intention was to salute the incredible
bravery and courage of the men and women who work so tirelessly
for UNICEF UK, Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres
(MSF), and World Food Programme."
Hiddleston has been a UNICEF UK Ambassador since 2015 and
recently traveled to South Sudan for a second time to see the
impact of the civil conflict on vulnerable children, the United
Nations children's agency said on its website.
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