There was an awkward apology and confusion on BBC's The One Show on Monday, March 6. As early evening television viewers sat down to watch the chat show, it wasn't long before a swearword slipped out and host Roman Kemp was forced to apologise to viewers.
Alex Jones and Roman Kemp were hosting Monday's show and were joined by guests Dame Helen Mirren, Zachary Levi and Simon Reeve. As Zachary enthused about his new film, the star accidentally swore - twice. Zachary slipped up as he and co-star Dame Helen Mirren discussed their American superhero movie Shazam! Fury of the Gods based on the DC Comics character Shazam.
The actor said "p****d off" when describing his character Shazam. He then turned to Dame Helen as he described her character Hespera the daughter of Atlas. "And then you add to the mix these three incredible, powerful, beautiful, talented women Helen Mirren and Lucy Liu and Rachel Zegler," he continued. "They are the daughters of Atlas and they are p****d off."
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As they ended the interview Roman said: "Just quickly, I just want to apologise for any language that you may have heard a moment ago." And he added: "Certain words mean different things in different sides of the ..."
Surprised, Dame Helen asked: "What did we say?" And Zachary gasped: "What did we say? Oh my god! I can't wait to watch this on the Internet."
Roman and co-host Alex Jones reassured the guests: "It doesn't matter." But Dame Helen pressed: "Was it me or him?" "Don't worry" said Roman as he joked that it was Alex.
The slip-up had some viewers turning to social media to comment, according to Nottinghamshire Live sister publication Manchester Evening News. Tweeting, one person said: "Hmmm did Helen Mirren co star just swore! [sic] Naughty naughty!" But others asked: "Why apologise it only draws more attention to what has been said by the guest …..carry on no one cares."
Another viewer commented: "He said a naughty word." While others asked: "Oops. Can we say p****d off now?" And someone else remarked: "Lol I was like what?""
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