An apology has been issued to Shotts after Outlander star Catriona Balfe likened the Lanarkshire town to an 'armpit'.
The Irish actress - who played Claire Fraser alongside Sam Heughan in the historical Highland drama - said the town was her “worst location shoot”.
It comes as the show filmed there for season eight.
We previously reported that Balfe made the comments recently during an interview with Gold Derby, when she said: “We filmed at a place in Season 8, I think it’s called Shotts. An armpit... and I’m very sorry.”
Heughan - who plays Jamie Fraser in the show - then said: "Oh...sorry Scotland."
However, Gold Derby has now released a statement saying that Balfe did not say the whole town was 'like an armpit'.
The error was made due to an editing mishap, Gold Derby said.
In the actual video clip, Balfe said: “Sorry, Shotts. It’s a particular place in Shotts. I just want to be specific.
"It’s not the town — the little village. It was just... They found an old dump that was also kind of a swamp, and we were there for over a week, and our sets kept getting attacked, and it was just not my favorite place.”
Taking to Instagram, the statement read: “A recent social video from Gold Derby featuring Outlander stars Caitríona Balfe and Sam Heughan has been removed from our social accounts due to an editing mistake, which unintentionally altered the meaning of one of Balfe’s responses. During a segment titled ‘And the Award Goes to...,’ Balfe replied to the prompt of ‘Worst Location Shoot’ by naming the town of Shotts, Scotland, but later clarified that she meant the specific shooting location in Shotts and not the entire town.
“During the course of editing the video, Balfe’s clarification was removed by mistake. Gold Derby deeply regrets the error and sincerely apologizes to Catrione Balfe, the people of Shotts, and everyone involved.”
Before knowing the comment was edited, Former Shotts MSP Alex Neil invited Balfe back to the town to show her what it really has to offer.
He also branded Balfe’s comment “ignorant”.
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