BBC Breakfast presenter Bill Turnbull has made an embarrassing slip-up on live TV.
He appears to have said “c***” instead of “client” while referring to reaction to a public health story.
BBC's Bill Turnbull just 'did a James Naughtie' on Breakfast, was clearly told about it in his ear & gave a 'naughty boy' look to camera :-)
— Paul Bentham (@PaulBenthamEsq) July 21, 2015
The 59-year-old host quickly regained his composure and carried on with the rest of the broadcast.
Did Bill Turnbull just say the 'C' word?!! 😂 #clients #freudianslip
— Leigh Feilder (@FeilderLeigh) July 21, 2015
Bill is not the only star to have accidentally used the c-word live on air.
Radio 4 Today programme anchor Jim Naughtie and TV presenter Andrew Marr both accidentally replaced the first letter of Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt’s surname with the letter “c”.
Jim made the slip-up first, and then Andrew followed suit.
Jim later apologised for his “Spoonerism” – in reference to Dr William Spooner who notoriously switched letters between words inappropriately.
He said: “Sometimes things happen in live broadcasting that you deeply regret. I hope that all those who were offended by what they heard realise it was completely unintentional.”
They say prepare for anything before going on Today but that took the biscuit… I was laughing as much as u Jim or shld I say Dr Spooner
— Jeremy Hunt (@Jeremy_Hunt) December 6, 2010
So far neither the BBC nor Bill has commented on this morning’s incident.
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