‘I hope you have an amazing festive season. And now, just… f*** off’: Moment actor Brian Cox swears to camera while signing off on BBC’s Newsnight in the style of his foul-mouthed Succession character

This is the moment Brian Cox gave a Succession-style sign off on Newsnight telling the audience to ‘have an amazing festive season’ before ordering them to ‘just… f** off’.

The Scottish actor appeared on the late-night BBC  show for its final episode of 2023 reflecting on his role as the foul-mouth tyrant Logan Roy on the Emmy-award winning drama.  

The 77-year-old star, who is due to return for a stint on stage in the New Year,  described his part in HBO’s Succession, that emulates the life of Rupert Murdoch, as a ‘career-defining role’.

Signing off in the manner of the fictional billionaire media mogul, Cox put on a subtle American accent as he told viewers: ‘That’s all for tonight from Newsnight, we’ll be back in January. 

‘I hope you have an amazing festive season wherever you and whatever you are doing. And now just … f*** off.’

Brian Cox gave a Succession-style sign off on Newsnight, telling the audience to ‘have an amazing festive season’ before ordering them to ‘just… f** off’

The Scottish actor, 77, is known for his role as foul-mouth tyrant Logan Roy in HBO ‘s Succession (pictured)

The sign off delighted fans on social media, with one writing ‘you absolute legend’ while another joked ‘Quite a moving Christmas message from Logan Roy, I mean Brian Cox’. 

Others called him a ‘national treasure’ while a fourth said the goodbye was ‘just perfect’. 

Speaking of his character on the hit show, that came to an end earlier this year, Cox said he had sympathy with Logan who he described as ‘a very lonely man’ who ‘only wanted his children to succeed him’ but ‘none of them proved worthy’.

Succession has snapped nominations in every category it is eligible for in the upcoming Golden Globes.

Cox is nominated for best actor, alongside his on-screen children, Jeremy Strong – who played Kendall Roy – and Kieran Culkin – who played Roman Roy. His on-screen daughter, Sarah Snook, has also been nominated for her role as Shiv Roy.

When asked by the BBC which of the actors deserved the award the most Cox gave his warm support to Culkin.

‘I think for my money I’d give it to Kieran because of his performance in the last episode. He was incredible in the funeral episode when he had the breakdown,’ he said.  ‘Over the years I’ve watched Kieran become a really wonderful actor.’

Speaking ahead of his 2024 West End show, Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Cox said going back to stage is ‘really scary’ now he is older. 

‘I am not as young as I was,’ he said. ‘I was always very quick on things but now I’ve got to a stage where I walk into a room and think why have I come in here?’

Cox has said his background was not ‘particularly wonderful’ as he shed light on growing up in poverty

He previously shed light on growing up in poverty on Channel 5’s How The Other Half Live

Earlier this week, Cox spoke of his childhood growing up in poverty, explaining how it was not ‘particularly wonderful’ laying bare his family’s financial troubles – with his mother being down to her last £10 at one point.

In an interview with Times Radio, he said: ‘I know exactly what poverty is. I’m not a millionaire actor. I’m just a jobbing actor who’s done quite well over the years because I’ve been long enough at it. 

‘I’m not a millionaire actor by any stretch of the imagination. I come from very poor [background]. I’m not going to go into my background, but my background was not particularly wonderful.

‘I had no mother for most of my childhood. You know, I lived in abject poverty where that was the Damocles sword hanging over my head. So I know what that’s like.’

The star previously admitted he is in ‘constant fear of becoming poor again’ after experiencing extreme poverty as a child.

He branded money his ‘own personal demon’ and said his ‘destitute’ childhood ‘hangs over him throughout his entire life’.

He said: ‘I still have a fear that it’s all going to be taken away and I’ll end up in poverty again. It never leaves you.

‘It’s like the Damoclean sword that hangs over you throughout your entire life.

‘I never really felt it much when I was young, I was a kid and just got on with it, I was literally surviving. But as I got older I’d look at that boy and think, my God, he survived, how did he do it? It’s still a mystery to me.’

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