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2025-06-26 10:44:03 [Social Good] Source: Culture Information Network

LONDON -- British fashion house Burberry has come under fire after they they captioned a photo from the BAFTAs with the wrong actor's name on Bawdy Tales of Edo: Octopus & Sea ShellTwitter.

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On Sunday, Burberry tweeted a photo of Riz Ahmed on the red carpet.

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"Celebrating the #EEBAFTAs in London this evening, Best Actor in a Supporting Role winner #DevPatel wears a @Burberry custom made navy tuxedo," read the caption.

The tweet was deleted, but screengrabs remained.

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It wasn't long before people started sharing the image.

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After deleting the image, Burberry re-shared it with a different caption.

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A Burberry spokesperson sent Mashablethe following statement:

“We apologise unreservedly for the incorrectly titled pictures of Dev Patel and Riz Ahmed posted late last night. This was a mistake that should not have happened and was corrected immediately. We have apologised directly to Dev and Riz. We are checking our processes to make sure this doesn’t happen again.”

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