While his words were minced, I think the story was premeditated and carefully selected as a clever anecdote of the whimsical reach of the series combined with a major UNICEF plug.
He failed to recognise that this flimsy whimsy would catapult him into a self- congratulatory puddle of racial privilege, overshadowing any good intentions. After the swamplands of Tayto, all puddles should be avoided.

Obviously he will learn from this experience and make a colossal dick of himself when he wins an Oscar.