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BBC Breakfast presenter apologises for swearing live on air

This was a bit much for first thing in the morning!

Louise Minchin left BBC Breakfast viewers in hysterics on Wednesday morning after getting all tongue-tied and swearing on air.

We all know anything can happen on live TV… which was proven when poor Louise raced through some viewer tweets and ended up turning the airwaves blue.

Oops!

It actually happened during a serious discussion about whether schools should have sprinklers installed, while Louise was reading comments sent in from viewers at home.

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Basically, Louise meant to say the word “fitted”, ended up substituting the “f” for a “s” and, well… you can guess what she said instead!

Reading the viewer’s tweet, she said: “Ian says all schools irrespective of age should be [bleep]… fit… fitted. I’m sorry, across the whole of the UK.”

Realising her error, she sheepishly added; “Sometimes I should speak slower. Apologies.”

Naturally fans absolutely loved the faux pas – ’cause, let’s face it, we all love a good live TV blunder!

Among the viewer tweets was one who said: “So funny! We are all human, Louise. Loved the reaction from you both.”

Another added: “That’s live TV for you! Gave me a giggle this morning.”

Plenty of fans were particularly amused by Louise’s co-host Dan Walker, who pulled a pretty fabulous ‘oh dear’ face when the faux pas happened.

Even Dan himself poked fun at it, tweeting: “I think I might need to work on my ‘nothing to see here, move along’ face.”

He jokingly branded Louise “Potty Mouth Minchin” as well!

Louise replied: “I used to think Dan Walker was difficult to read!”

She also apologised for her accidental swear, quipping: “Oops. Sorry! Fitted! #speakslowly.”

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Dan himself was left famously red-faced in September after getting tongue-tied while trying to say the sentence “that was a mixture of country and culture”.

It led him to accidentally replace the L in “culture” with an N. Yep. You guessed what word came out instead!

Dan tweeted about the gaffe with a string of embarrassed face emojis and the message: “Culture, culture, culture #Ooops”.


Nancy Brown
Associate Editor

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