Tom Hiddleston’s infamous ‘bum scene’ in The Night Manager (Picture: BBC)

After a mass public outcry, Tom Hiddleston’s bum has finally been given its deserved airtime stateside.

Earlier this week, US fans of The Night Manager were crippled with anguish after Hiddleston’s beautiful buttocks were cut out of a particularly saucy sex scene.

While fans took it to mean our American cousins perhaps couldn’t handle his posterior, despite repeatedly being shown graphic violence in the likes of The Walking Dead, turns out it was just a simple mix-up.

The stars of the Night Manager including Hugh Laurie, Tom Hiddleston, Olivia Colman, Tom Hollander and Elizabeth Debicki (Picture: BBC/Mitch Jenkins)

Speaking to Digital Spy, a spokesperson for AMC said: ‘We had multiple versions of the Hiddleston scene and unfortunately the wrong one ended up on air.’




Wait, why would you have a reel lying around without his bum? What kind of emergency needs a lack of sweet cheeks?

They have however confirmed the unedited version has been restored for playback on the AMC website and other platforms, digital and TVE, saying VOD will also be restored, with another showing of the episode set for Monday (May 16) at 11pm ET.

Tom Hiddleston at the Laurence Olivier Awards 2014 (Picture: Ben Pruchnie/WireImage)

The steamy scene takes place in episode four of the series which is based on John Le Carre’s infamous spy novel, where character Jonathan Pine gives in to his feelings for Jed, the wife of feared arms dealer Richard Roper.

At least our British eyes got to feast on it first – British baggage always needs to be screened before it ships overseas.

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