BBC Breakfast’s Sally Nugent is forced to apologise after guest swears live on air in awkward blunder

BBC Breakfast presenter Sally Nugent was forced to apologize after a guest swore live on air.

The host, 52, and her co-host Jon Kay, 54, interviewed Ditchling Museum of Art & Craft curator Nicolette Jones and cartoonist Steve Bell about an exhibition, Bloomin’ Brilliant, which showcased the work of the late illustrator Raymond Briggs, who The Snowman, on Tuesday.

Steve turned blue when he said about his friendship with Raymond: “He mostly got each other in trouble, but he was so much fun.”

Sally quickly ended the interview and said, “Thank you for speaking with us this morning.

‘And apologies if anyone was offended by the choice of language in that interview just now.’

To which Jon teased, “We should have done it in pictures, not words. Be a little safer, won’t you?’

Viewers took to the X, formerly Twitter, after the accident.

They wrote: ‘I just heard a man swearing on BBC Breakfast while talking about books’ and ‘I’m not offended, I swear like a bloody sailor, don’t worry Sally’.

It comes after Dan Walker took an apparent swipe at BBC Breakfast when he broke his silence on his return to his former employer last week.

The 47-year-old host appeared to laugh at the suggestion when he was asked by a fan on Instagram if he would “ever go back” to his former morning show.

During a question and answer session, he responded with a photo of himself holding the Strictly glitterball trophy alongside former BBC colleague Sally Nugent.

Dan wrote, “I miss my friends but… No,” followed by a laughing emoji.

The journalist left BBC Breakfast in April 2022 after six years to join Channel 5 News, where he was reportedly paid £500,000 a year.

The presenter, 52, and her co-host Jon Kay, 54, interviewed Ditchling Museum of Art & Craft curator Nicolette Jones and cartoonist Steve Bell on Tuesday.

Steve turned blue when he said about his friendship with Raymond: ‘He mostly picked on each other, but he was so much fun’

Sally quickly ended the interview and said, “Thank you for speaking with us this morning. ‘And apologies if anyone was offended by the language choice’

Viewers took to the X, formerly Twitter, after the accident. They wrote: ‘I just heard a man swear on BBC Breakfast whilst talking about books’

It comes after Dan Walker took an apparent swipe at BBC Breakfast when he broke his silence last week on his return to his former employer

It comes after Dan revealed he ‘used to cry in the toilets’ while presenting BBC Breakfast during his appearance on last week’s episode of This Morning.

Dan recalled that one of the difficulties of his job was his early start at 3 a.m. and that he suffered from poor sleep deprivation.

Speaking to This Morning hosts Josie Gibson and Dermot O’Leary on the ITV Daytime show, Dan shed light on the downside of waking up double early for work.

He said: ‘When I did BBC Breakfast you know what it’s like. If the alarm goes off at three o’clock, that’s way too early. Isn’t it time for the flight to Spain?

‘I now get up around 5.30/5.45am, which is basically a lie, and I feel great, I feel refreshed and I really enjoy the work I do.

‘On Wednesday I was, as it were, in zombie mode. And it also makes you very emotional. On Wednesday I was like, end of the show, you’re like this, in the toilets, just crying.

‘Everything kills you. Someone says something nice about your pants and you say: [fake cries].

‘Not every day [he cried]but I think you just get a little emotional when you’re sleep deprived.”