Victoria Derbyshire is the latest presenter to fall into the trap of mispronouncing Hunt's last name as 'c**t'.
BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire is the latest presenter to fall into the trap of mispronouncing Jeremy Hunt’s last name as ‘C**t’ live on air.
It’s not the first time – and definitely not the last – someone makes the sweary blunder as the MP has just launched his bid to become Tory leader.
But Hunt himself seems to be taking the repeated slip of the tongue with a smile.
When asked whether he was a ‘continuity of Theresa May’, the MP replied: ‘Anyone who knows what my last name rhymes with will know I’ve been called a whole lot worse on the Today programme…’
Earlier today, addressing Tory MP Steve Brine, Derbyshire said: ‘You say the man you are backing, Jeremy C***… I’m so sorry, Jeremy Hunt.
‘I’ve never said that before in my life. It’s normally men who say that so I really, really want to apologise.’
Radio presenter James Naughtie made the error when Hunt was culture secretary, while BBC journalist Justin Webb tripped up when the MP was health and social care secretary.
Whether it is on purpose or an innocent mistake, the video above shows some of the many times the potential new prime minister has been called Jeremy ‘C**t’.
Naughtie started coughing after the infamous slip in an apparent attempt to cover it up before apologising 20 minutes later in December 2010.
He later revealed that his colleagues on the Today programme threw their hands in mock surrender and went under the table laughing after the comment.
Naughtie said the mistake came ‘courtesy of Dr Spooner’ an Oxford don so famous for mixing up syllables the phrases later became known as spoonerism.
Just days later, Andrew Marr repeated the Freudian slip.
They have both personally apologised to Hunt since.
Sky News’ Jon Craig also accidentally dropping the C-bomb live on TV, but it’s not just media personalities who have made the mistake.
Back in 2012, the then-deputy leader of the Labour Party Harriet Harman expressed her surprise that ‘Jeremy C**t’ had been made health minister.
Comedian and actor Ricky Gervais made a hilarious Vine after a Sky News presenter made the same mistake in 2015.
Piers Morgan responded to Gervais: ‘He was right the first time.’
@rickygervais he was right the first time.
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) October 30, 2015
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