The One Show has causally glossed over a controversial joke made by actor Dan Stevens about Prime Minister Boris Johnson which shocked presenters Alex Jones and Jermaine Jenas.
The 39-year-old Downton Abbey icon was a guest on the popular BBC One evening chat show and was promoting his latest TV show, titled Gaslit.
The series – which co-stars Julia Roberts and Sean Penn – centres around the Watergate Scandal in the 1970s which ended the presidency of US President Richard Nixon.