The BAFTAs are on Sunday, and Stephen Fry is hosting them for the millionth time. I kind of like Fry as host – he’s dapper and witty and he keeps things moving along at a steady clip. I like that the BAFTA people are like “Eh, if it ain’t broke…” when they keep giving Fry the gig. Prince William might be in attendance at the BAFTAs this year, like he was last year. He’s been president of BAFTA since 2010. I guess he’ll probably be back from Mustique in time? William and Kate claimed they would be in Mustique for two weeks, and today marks the 14th day. So, what will happen if William does show up after he and his staffers declined to take part in Fry’s recent activism? Fry, Benedict Cumberbatch and thousands of other celebrities have signed a petition asking for the pardon of 49,000 men who were criminalized for being gay in Britain. William and Kate wanted no part of it – I discussed it earlier this week.

Hollywood stars are descending on London before Sunday’s BAFTAs, the UK’s Oscar awards.

We hear one surprise ­behind-the-scenes of the show will involve host Stephen Fry presenting a petition to BAFTA president Prince William to pardon 49,000 men who were criminalized for being gay under British law like Alan Turing, who is the subject of the Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley film, “The Imitation Game.”

We hear the petition, which so far has 137,000 signatures — could rack up more than 150,000 by the time of the awards at the Royal Opera House. Among those supporting the plan so far are Matt Damon, Bryan Cranston, Lee Daniels, James Corden, Julian Fellowes and Alan Cumming.

[From Page Six]

If Stephen Fry presents the petition to William off-camera, with a few words about how William really should take this issue on, I don’t see a problem with that. People must personally lobby royal family members all the time, in all sorts of situations. But if Fry does it on-camera in the middle of the BAFTAs… well, that’s kind of rude. And it does put William in a bad position, especially since his staffers have already declined on William’s behalf, you know? That being said, if Fry does do it on camera, it will hilariously awkward and we might even see William have a tantrum! And that’s why William probably won’t even attend the BAFTAs this year.

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