Riz Ahmed’s blisteringly brilliant response to ‘Where are you really from?’ will make your hairs stand on end

John Plunkett. Updated December 2nd, 2022

You’ll have seen by now the grim story of Lady Susan Hussey’s outrageous comments to a black woman at a royal reception where she repeatedly asked her where she ‘really came from’.

Hussey, a former lady in waiting to the queen and godmother to Prince William, has since resigned from her royal household role after the incident which cast a cloud over King Charles’ nascent reign (she’s a good friend of HM too, obviously).

We mention it again because the exchange sent this video of actor, rapper and Oscar winner Riz Ahmed viral, his blisteringly brilliant response to the question ‘Where are you really from?’ which has never felt so prescient.

Riz Ahmed nails it…“where are you really from?” pic.twitter.com/vbL0wJr9dW

— Michael Morgan (@mikewhoatv) December 1, 2022

Brilliantly done.

I love this man. And I love everything he is saying. https://t.co/3amuJ41uFx

— London Hughes (@TheLondonHughes) December 2, 2022

Bro, serious – his "Long Goodbye" is so real and hits you right in the heart. He gets it like nobody else 🙌🏾

— Arif Bobat (@arifbobat) December 1, 2022

People of colour are so often asked, ‘where are you really from?’, this is a brilliant answer from Riz Ahmed 👏👏👏 https://t.co/jOgYWLa2hw

— Basit Mahmood (@BasitMahmood91) December 1, 2022

‘Who know that there’s no place like home and that stretches us’ ❤️

— Iram (@MariGP2202) December 1, 2022

I am at the mosh pit and at the mosque – this is next level Shakespeare

— Medhi Murphy (@arjuneration) December 2, 2022

Ah, thanks for sharing this. I’d forgotten about it although I’d seen it before. ❤️

— Saira Ibrahim 💙 (@SairaIbrahim) December 1, 2022

I’ve never seen it before today. Exceptional wordplay.

— Michael Morgan (@mikewhoatv) December 1, 2022

Source Twitter @mikewhoatv