Viewers Baffled As John Barrowman Speaks With Scottish Accent On Lorraine

You will recall he speaks/yells/sings with an American accent. As such, it came as a shock to viewers of Lorraine this morning when the Torchwood actor spoke with a strong Scottish accent, without so much as a mention of the fact.

Safe to say, his change in accent did not go unnoticed.

Writing on Twitter, one person said: "Is John Barrowman picking up on Lorraine's accent?? I swear he spun a bit Scottish this morning."

Another tweeted: "He's more Scottish than ever before"

A third wrote: "Love how @JohnBarrowman's Scottish accent has come back stronger talking to #Lorraine."

The officially Lorraine Twitter account even got in on the act:

Ultimately, the pressure on social media to address the 51-year-old Scottish elephant in the room became too much, and lovely Lorraine asked him what the fuck was going on (but in a much more lovely way, obviously).

He said: "When I'm with my mum and dad, my brother and sister I speak Scottish.

"Anybody who is Scottish I will speak with a Scottish accent, because you are privileged and also because when I was a kid when I moved to the States I was bullied.

"So anybody who doesn't speak Scottish I speak with an American accent."

"Leave me alone! It's the way I speak! I'm bi-dialectical."

In fairness to Barrowman, he was born in Glasgow and moved to Illinois when he was eight-years-old. That said, it probably isn't necessary real, is it John? It does scream 'look at me I'm transatlantic' a little bit, doesn't it?

Still, he had the strength to come back and ultimately take third place, finishing behind Emily Atack and king of the jungle, Harry Redknapp.