Fern Britton and Kathy Burke are among the stars giving their thoughts on Miriam Margolyes swearing about Jeremy Hunt live on air during Radio 4’s Today programme.
The Bafta-winning star, 81, appeared on the show on Saturday morning and told listeners she had just bumped into the new Chancellor in the BBC corridors after his own interview.
To the shock of listeners, she swore loudly before being removed from the airwaves.
Miriam said: "When I saw him there I just said you've get a hell of a job, the best of luck. What I really wanted to say, was f*** you, you b****** but you can't say that."
"Oh no no no you mustn’t say that," replied host Justin Webb. "We’ll have to have you out of the studio now."
"We will," added co-presenter Martha Kearney. "With many apologies."
Reacting to the chaos on Twitter, 65-year-old Fern said: "God bless #MiriamMargolyes on @BBCr4today. Her poetic and fulsome thoughts on #RobbieColtrane and slightly pithier ones on #JeremyHunt.
"Gods bless freedom of speech."
Actress and comedian Kathy, 58, posted: "Miriam Margolyes makes my day again by saying ‘f*** you’ on Radio 4.
"My first professional acting job, aged 17, was the film Scrubbers which also featured Robbie Coltrane and Miriam Margolyes. Now you know where I get it all from. The naughty ones were nothing but inspiring."
Comedian David Baddiel added: "I love the panic on the presenters’ parts. They know what’s coming as soon as she takes a breath.
News presenter Guru-Murthy wrote: "Actually I’m not sure she realised she was still on air. Still, could have been worse. She could have mispronounced his name."
"I’ve always been a casual admirer of the actress Miriam Margolyes, I am now a fully paid up superfan. BBC Radio 4 today program this morning," said Red Dwarf star Robert Llewellyn.
Miriam's comment prompted an apology form the radio presenters who quickly introduced the sports news. The Harry Potter star was then ushered out of the studios.
Miriam's comment comes after Jeremy Hunt replaced sacked Kwasi Kwarteng as Chancellor and had been making his first interviews in the new role.
He admitted on Sky News that "mistakes were made" by Prime Minister Liz Truss over the mini budget and warned "difficult decisions" lay ahead.
He said: "There were mistakes. It was a mistake when we’re going to be asking for difficult decisions across the board on tax and spending to cut the rate of tax paid by the very wealthiest.
"It was a mistake to fly blind and to do these forecasts without giving people the confidence of the Office of Budget Responsibility saying that the sums add up.
"The Prime Minister’s recognised that, that’s why I’m here."
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