I enjoy Mary Beard’s work and videos. I even sprung for a pricey hard cover edition of her excellent book “SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome” (https://www.amazon.com/SPQR-History-Ancient-Mary-Beard-dp-0871404230/dp/0871404230/ref=mt_hardcover?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=1540746493
However, she really pissed me off with her comments shortly after the 9-11 attack where she said that America deserved it because of our oppressive foreign policies. While she’s a brilliant classical historian and authority on ancient Rome, she’s also a typical arrogant British leftist/socialist, with all that entails. I just detach and separate those aspects, and enjoy her Roman history work.
She should be reminded of that at any public appearance, because she's wrong and stupid for saying that.