‘You can’t say it again!’ Dame Esther Rantzen is forced to apologise after she swears TWICE on Chris Evans’ radio show during hilarious interview
Dame Esther Rantzen was forced to apologise on Friday after she accidentally swore twice during Chris Evans’ Virgin Radio breakfast show.
The veteran campaigner, 80, made the gaffe while hilariously discussing how Susanna Reid once had to address her swearing during an interview for the BBC.
During her appearance on the show, Esther recalled the story but accidentally repeated the swear words she had used previously.
Oops! Dame Esther Rantzen was forced to apologise on Friday after she accidentally swore twice during Chris Evans’ Virgin Radio breakfast show (pictured in 2012)
She explained: ‘Once I had to apologise on BBC television because the lovely Susanna Reid was interviewing me when she was working for the BBC.
‘Susanna said to me that her mother says the problem that people have is modern media, like emails, are so fast and old people can’t think that fast.
‘I said, ‘What’s polite for b******s?’ And Susan looked straight into the camera and said, ‘I would like to apologise to any of our viewers that were offended by what Esther’s just said’.
‘And I said, ‘But it’s an eight letter word’, having quickly done my sums. I thought you were allowed to say eight letter words and there was then a conversation about whether you can say b******s on the radio.’
Hilarious: The veteran campaigner, 80, made the gaffe while hilariously discussing how Susanna Reid once had to address her swearing during an interview for the BBC (Chris Evans pictured)
Chris quickly cleared up the confusion as he jumped in to hilariously tell her: ‘You can’t say it again, Esther. Not even on Virgin Radio.’
Esther then proceeded to apologise as she added: ‘Sorry, sorry, did I say it twice?’
To which Chris hilariously warned: ‘Yeah… it’s okay, don’t go for the hat-trick!’
Elsewhere during the interview, Esther apologised for accidentally saying ‘bum’ when reading out the website for her podcast.
She asked Chris Evans: ‘Oh bum. Are you allowed to swear on Virgin Radio or is it pure?’
Recalling: She explained: ‘Once I had to apologise on BBC television because the lovely Susanna Reid (pictured recently) was interviewing me when she was working for the BBC. I said, ‘What’s polite for b******s?’
The host replied sarcastically: ‘Yeah you can swear anywhere you like – you’re Dame Esther Rantzen for heaven’s sake’
Only recently, Esther praised ‘dedicated’ health workers after she received a jab of the coronavirus vaccine.
The veteran campaigner said she was ‘thrilled’ to be offered the ‘miracle’ shot at Milford War Memorial Hospital in Lymington, near her New Forest home in Hampshire in December.
Esther had spent the last 10 months in isolation away from her family but hopes the vaccine will mean she will be able to see her grandchildren in February after getting a second jab.
‘I was thrilled when my GP’s surgery rang and I was summoned for my jab. We eighty-year-olds are so privileged to receive the best, the only effective protection against Covid,’ she told the Express.
‘I feel so grateful to the dedicated scientists who invented it and the equally dedicated NHS who deliver it to us. It’s a miracle.’
Dame Esther became a household name as the presenter of That’s Life! which lasted for 21 years, during which time she set up the children’s protection charity ChildLine.
In 2012, she helped create The Silver Line, a confidential helpline designed to combat loneliness for older people’s.
Confusion: Only recently, Esther praised ‘dedicated’ health workers after she received a jab of the coronavirus vaccine (pictured in February)