A clanger about cats could sink Jessie Buckley’s Oscar campaign

The run-up to the Oscars ceremony is a “crucial time” for the nominated actors, explained Mark Borkowski, a British PR consultant. “That is the time to strategically manage what you say and what you do during this time, because everybody wants a soundbite from you.”

Mr Borkowski said that the “number one piece of advice” he gave to celebrities before an interview was to “never comment on cats and dogs. No pets, particularly cats and dogs”.

“People judge celebrities on their relationship with their pets and particularly it comes down to cats and dogs,” he added.

Could the comments cost her an Oscar? “It’s a sharp lesson in the intricacies and the strategic campaigns you have to manage during that time. Her team has struck me as being quite naive to allow that amount of access to her,” added Mr Borkowski.

A clanger about cats could sink Jessie Buckley’s Oscar campaign