British actress Adjoa Andoh and star of the movie "Bridgerton," has gotten into trouble after referring to the Buckingham Palace balcony as being "terribly White" during King Charles III's coronation ceremony on Saturday.

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"We have gone from the rich diversity of the Abbey to a terribly White balcony," she said to British journalists Tom Bradby and Julie Etchingham during TV's live coverage of the historic ceremony that crowned King Charles III the United Kingdom's 62nd monarch.

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"I am very struck by that," she continued of the balcony. "I am also looking at those younger generations and thinking: 'What are the nuances that they will inhabit when they grow?"

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Twitter users accused the 60-year-old actress of spreading "racist woke garbage" and "race-baiting" while others rushed to her defense.

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One critic wrote, "I am appalled at the comment made by Adjoa Andoh. It is race-baiting and racist towards white people. Racism in any form is not acceptable. I hope @itv and @Ofcom will investigate this."

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Another chimed in on the issue, writing, "I will not be watching Bridgerton again due to #AdjoaAndoh remarks," and a third said, "This isn’t a Disney movie #AdjoaAndoh It’s a family. Can’t add people in for #representation. Can’t put everything in the race bracket and get away with it."

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Others criticizing her choice of words demanded she apologize or called on Ofcom (a U.K. broadcasting authority that regulates television, radio and more) to look into the incident.

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Dr. Shola Mos-Shogbamimu, an activist who commonly appears on ITV, was among those rushing to Andoh's defense, writing, "#AdjoaAndoh told no lies in factual observation of ‘terribly White’ (literal & symbolic) Buckingham palace balcony at #Coronation in contrast to tokenism of race diversity at Westminster Abbey & got branded ‘racist’ White people false equivalence of racism is laughable."

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Responding to the slew of social media outrage, Andoh insisted she "didn't mean to upset anyone" with the remark.

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"I think I upset a few people yesterday," she said Sunday on BBC Radio.

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"I was talking about the day and how marvellous it was and then looking at the balcony at the end and suddenly going: 'Oh it's so White!' because the day had been so mixed and I didn't mean to upset anybody," she added.

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