Sarah Cox apologised to listeners after a guest on her radio show dropped the C-bomb about Matt Hancock. The DJ was caught off guard as the listener had not previously talked about the former health secretary or his stint in the I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here jungle.
As ever, Sara was back on the airwaves to present the last of her Radio 2 shows of the week. The presenter hosts the drivetime show weekdays from 4pm until 7pm, and was busy with her All Requests Friday programme when she spoke to a caller from Devon, Manchester Evening News reports.
Kicking off the segment, listener Jesse Manaton explained that it's a "bloody brilliant" afternoon, telling Sara: "It's a beautiful Friday, let's have it. Let's rock."
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Sara then asked the caller about his weekend plans, with Jesse saying: "I was going to go out with my kids, but the lads are going to rule this weekend. Sometimes you've got to prioritise the lads and bin the kids off!" After laughing at the response, Sara continued: "Everyone’s gonna love you for choosing a bit of Queen."
She then asked: "What track are we playing and why, please?" to which Jesse then replied: "We’re playing Don’t Stop Me Now by Queen because Matt Hancock’s a c***!"
Caught offgurard and clearly taken aback by the sudden outburst, Sara was forced to cut the call and apologised to listeners tuning in across the country. "Okay, so we’ve got to cut him off there," the radio host said. "This is live radio, this kind of thing happens.
"I can only apologise if you’ve got children listening in the car. I’m going to play the tune – huge apologies, it is live. And here’s the song."
And listeners were soon flocking to social media to comment. @mrliamdurkin said: "Give Sara Cox the Sony award. NOW!" @AnorakAttic tweeted: "So two things we just learned about Radio 2 - they don't pre-record listener calls and they don't use delay! Ahh the joys of the public and live radio, eh! Fair play to Sara Cox for handling it so calmly though. Love how they still played the request regardless too!"
@adamstiffuk commented; "Probably the best bit of radio I've heard from Sara Cox." @richie_errol wrote: "Hahahah she still played the song though. Fair play." @girlsluvfooty2 posted: "I nearly crashed my car when I heard that!!! Sara Cox supreme professional." @Roystonwarrior added: "Hats off to Sara Cox. Caller voicing, er, quite serious dissatisfaction with Matt Hancock from a caller and voiced it in a, erm, somewhat crude way."
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