A BBC 6 Music news reporter accidentally swore live on air during a political broadcast, stumbling over Jeremy Hunt’s name.
The gaffe, which aired during the 10.30am news, saw Niki Cardwell say ‘Jeremy C***’, before immediately correcting her mistake – though of course it was too late by then.
Reading the headline, Cardwell said: “The Health Secretary Jeremy C***-Hunt says he’s disappointed that junior doctors in England are going to strike in a row about a new contract.”
Of course, Twitter users picked up on the error immediately – but rather than reacting angrily, many seemed to see the funny side.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">The Radio 6 Music newsreader just so, almost, almost said Jeremy Hunt's name in the somewhat popular alternative way... — Danny Palmer (@dannyjpalmer) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/dannyjpalmer/status/684322058537447424" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3148841-https://twitter.com/dannyjpalmer/status/684322058537447424" data-vars-event-id="c23">January 5, 2016</a>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Ha! 6 music news reader clearly just had a <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/JeremyCorbyn?src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3148841-https://twitter.com/hashtag/JeremyCorbyn?src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#JeremyCorbyn</a> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/JeremyHunt?src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3148841-https://twitter.com/hashtag/JeremyHunt?src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#JeremyHunt</a> mishap. I like her version of the latter — Nikki Williams (@NikityPinnikity) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/NikityPinnikity/status/684324468991340544" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3148841-https://twitter.com/NikityPinnikity/status/684324468991340544" data-vars-event-id="c23">January 5, 2016</a>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/BBC6Music" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3148841-https://twitter.com/BBC6Music" data-vars-event-id="c23">@BBC6Music</a> 6 music news at 10:30 just made me spit my tea out. Jeremy Hunt mispronounciation. :-) — Merv (@yorkshirered) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/yorkshirered/status/684324327920152576" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3148841-https://twitter.com/yorkshirered/status/684324327920152576" data-vars-event-id="c23">January 5, 2016</a>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">6Music newsreader just did the old Jeremy Cun-HUNT slip. My fave. — Lauren Thomas (@laurenjthomas) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/laurenjthomas/status/684321639908114432" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3148841-https://twitter.com/laurenjthomas/status/684321639908114432" data-vars-event-id="c23">January 5, 2016</a>
It’s not the first time that Hunt’s name has caused someone to swear on air – back in December 2010, Today Programme presenter James Naughtie made the slip-up before 8am.
Just an hour later Andrew Marr made the same mistake when talking about Naughtie’s error.
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