ALESHA Dixon and Paddy McGuinness were stunned into silence after Comic Relief was hit by a technical blunder – just 20 minutes into the show.
The hosts welcomed the Mind Mangler – played by Henry Lewis – to the stage shortly after Fantastic Beasts stars Eddie Redmayne and Jude Law surprised some school kids.
However, during Mind Mangler’s very brief appearance, viewers could still hear Eddie and Jude dubbed over the top.
The segment was quickly cut short, with Alesha saying: “Give it up for the Mind Mangler”, before correcting herself and noting that there had been a “technical fault”.
Viewers couldn’t help but note the very apt timing of things going wrong and questioned whether it was planned all along.
Taking to Twitter, one person penned: “When Magic Goes Wrong… goes wrong. How awkward.”
Echoing their comments, someone else said: “Magic Goes Wrong going wrong is literally the most 2022 thing ever.”
While a third questioned: “Is it wrong that I genuinely can’t tell if that Mind Mangler bit was genuinely supposed to happen, or if it was an actual technical fault?”
Earlier on in the show, Paddy kicked off proceedings and stunned his co-hosts with a rather rude joke.
As hundreds of red noses showered the audience, Lenny yelled: “It’s a nose shower”, but Paddy soon left his counterparts red-faced.
The Top Gear host quipped: “Oh, no. No, sorry, sorry, excuse me. Excuse me. Mate, it’s supposed to go on your nose.”
Then, in a jaw-dropping moment, Paddy shook his head before adding: “Sorry, that was my cousin.”
Almost immediately, Paddy’s fellow hosts looked embarrassed as he made what seemed to be an X-rated joke.
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