Bettany: 'I avoid Brits in New York'

Paul Bettany has revealed that he is relieved that he now lives in New York.

The 38-year-old actor, who has 12-year-old Kai and 6-year-old Stellan with wife Jennifer Connelly, said that he avoids spending time with British people there because he prefers the American sense of humour.

Bettany told FHM magazine: "I think it's a fallacy about the English sense of humour. Los Angeles is full of English people that say Americans have no sense of irony.

"Actually, Americans have a lot of irony, and you just haven't noticed. That's the one thing I loathed about Los Angeles - the f**king Brits.

"I avoid the ex-pat community. You know what's so depressing? Going to pubs in America to watch football. It's not the same and I don't want to pretend it's the same."