Billy Connolly has revealed he will not be voting in the independence referendum, describing the debate around it as a “morass that I care not to dip my toe into”.
The 71-year-old star said he did not want to get involved in the debate as he did not want to influence anybody.
He was speaking to TV from New York about reading some of Seamus Heaney’s final works for a new animated series, when he was asked about Scottish independence.
He said: “I try to keep away out of it, I don’t want to be an influence in it, I don’t want to influence anybody.
“A lot of people take your word like it’s spun gold as if there’s some sense to it, I don’t want to influence anybody so I shut up.”
The actor and comedian was asked about comments he had made previously about feeling a sense of community among people from a similar background to himself.
He said: “There’s a thing I was always saying when I was asked about nationalism, I’ve never been a nationalist and I’ve never been a patriot.
“I’ve always remembered that I have a lot more in common with a welder from Liverpool than I do with someone with an agricultural background from the Highlands, although I do love them, I love Scotland and all its different faces.
“That’s why this referendum thing is so difficult, it’s a morass that I care not to dip my toe into.”
When asked if he would be casting a vote he said: “I’m not going to vote. I won’t be there, I’ll be in New Zealand.”