Jeremy who? Sky News presenter calls Health Secretary Jeremy C*** live on air
JEREMY HUNT was called 'c***' by a Sky News reporter when he mispronounced the beleaguered Health Secretary's name during a news item about junior doctor contracts.
Jeremy who? News presenter's blunder live on air
WARNING - VIDEO INCLUDES SWEARING
The mishap occurred as Sky News’s health corespondent Thomas Moore reported on Mr Hunt's winning of a High Court fight with junior doctors over a controversial 7-day NHS staffing contract.
Becoming tongue-tied, Moore said: "Justice Green has decided that Jeremy C***... Hunt ... Mr Jeremy Hunt was very clear on his intentions.”
Social media users were quick to pick up the gaffe, with one Twitter user speculating: “Wonder how it will be b4 someone posts Sky News reporter accidentally calling Jeremy Hunt Jeremy ****.”
The Sky News presenter slipped up while discussing Jeremy Hunt’s High Court battle
Another declared: "@SkyNews accurately naming Jeremy Hunt regarding Junior Doctors row."
It's not the first time a slip-of-the-tongue has happened concerning Mr Hunt, who on was asked to retain his position as Health Secretary in Theresa May's new cabinet.
Veteran BBC Radio 4 Today programme presenter Jim Naughtie made the same mistake in 2010.