Author Irvine Welsh has apologised after turning the air blue on morning television while promoting a documentary on causing offence.
The Trainspotting author was discussing his new film Offended on Sky News when he labelled a breed of politicians “racist a*******s”.
Presenter Kay Burley said the word was not suitable pre-watershed and warned Welsh he was going to get her in trouble.
Welsh was asked what was the motivation for the documentary which examines attitudes towards offence.
He said: “The idea behind it was to reclaim the artistic right to offend.”
Edinburgh-born Welsh later posted on Twitter apologising for using bad language on the show.
