Newsreader Calls Politician A “C@nt” Live To Air & Doesn’t Even Bat An Eyelid

Newsreader Calls Politician A “C@nt” Live To Air & Doesn’t Even Bat An Eyelid

The Queen’s Platinum bash aside, anyone who keeps an eye on news out of the UK would know the current Tory government is well and truly on the nose at the moment with the British PM, Boris Johnson, narrowly surviving a no-confidence motion overnight.

So when a Sky newsreader accidentally called a Tory MP a “c*nt” during a live report on Monday evening many took it for more than just a Freudian slip.

TV anchor Sophy Ridge was discussing comments made by Tory politician Jeremy Hunt who voted against  Johnson in the no-confidence motion when she mangled Hunt’s surname, instead referencing the highly derogatory name for female genitalia.

Either the consummate professional or with an axe to grind, Ridge didn’t miss a beat after uttering the expletive.

Fellow journalist Scott Bryan was one of the people who posted the clip on Twitter, writing: “Oh GOD Sky News just said “Jeremy C**t” and the presenter didn’t even notice.”

Another posted: “Presenters must think ‘I must get this right. I mustn’t make a mistake’ and then they end up inadvertently saying it! Oh dear!”

“Amazing – and just keeps going as if nothing has happened,” another said.

 

 




Please login with linkedin to comment

Boris Johnson Sophy Ridge TV reporter

Latest News

IMAA Announces Next Female Leaders Of Tomorrow Programme
  • Media

IMAA Announces Next Female Leaders Of Tomorrow Programme

The IMAA is celebrating the success of its inaugural Female Leaders of Tomorrow programme for providing a real-world solution to address the gender pay gap at senior levels* with events in Sydney and Melbourne. It has also announced its new 2024-25 programme. The 2023-24 programme’s 16 mentees and mentors, along with mentee leaders, IMAA directors […]

QMS Boosts NSW Billboard Network With Australian Turf Club Agreement
  • Advertising

QMS Boosts NSW Billboard Network With Australian Turf Club Agreement

Leading digital outdoor company QMS today announced a further expansion of its NSW network, signing a new agreement with the Australian Turf Club to manage key assets at Sydney’s iconic Rosehill Gardens Racecourse. The agreement, which was secured as part of a competitive tender process, takes effect on 3 June 2024 and covers six locations […]

VMO Signs Deal With Stockland Shopping Centres.
  • Advertising

VMO Signs Deal With Stockland Shopping Centres.

VMO has secured an exclusive agreement with Stockland to manage the operations of 22 large format digital screens, strategically positioned throughout nine Stockland town centres across Australia. These centres include Stockland Piccadilly in Sydney’s CBD, Stockland Merrylands, and Wetherill Park in Western Sydney, Stockland Green Hills in the Hunter region, Stockland Shellharbour on the south […]

Day Management Appoints Paramount’s Tim Wall As Head Of Talent And Publicity
  • Media

Day Management Appoints Paramount’s Tim Wall As Head Of Talent And Publicity

Day Management has appointed Tim Wall in a newly-created role of head of talent and publicity. Wall will be responsible for managing and overseeing Day’s broad and impressive portfolio of talent, including Day’s most-recent coup, the highly sought-after breakout star of Married At First Sight Australia, Lucinda Light. Wall was previously senior publicist at Paramount […]

Enjoy A Hahn Solo… And May The Fourth Be With You
  • Campaigns

Enjoy A Hahn Solo… And May The Fourth Be With You

This May the fourth Hahn will celebrate alongside Star Wars fans rewarding their passion via a giant Hahn travelling solo through the sky. It’s the one day of the year when all sci-fi fans rejoice and giggle to themselves and Hahn in partnership with Thinkerbell, UM and Affinity is celebrating with an out of this […]