Health Secretary Matt Hancock praised Marcus Rashford for his free school meals campaign in a live TV interview - and got his name wrong.
Speaking about the Manchester United star's campaign to feed children over the summer holidays, Mr Hancock was praising Rashford before mixing up his name.
Appearing on Sky News, Hancock was asked by Kay Burley what had triggered the reversal in stance.
"Righty-o," he said. "Well, I'll tell you what happened, the Prime Minister talked to Daniel Rashford, he considered it and he made his decision - I think it's terrific."
The clip was widely shared on social media, including from Gary Lineker who tagged Rashford.
Replying to the tweet, Rashford said: "I’ve been called much worse over the last couple of days."
Piers Morgan also hit out at Mr Hancock on Good Morning Britain for the mistake.
He said: "Daniel? His name is Marcus Rashford. Not Daniel. He has done his bit."
"He has helped 1.3 million children get food this summer. What have you done?"
"What have you actually done? Other than get it wrong on PPE, other than get it wrong on testing, other than get it wrong on care homes, other than get it wrong on shaking hands, other than get it wrong on quarantine, other than get it wrong on about anything."
He added: "And you're the guy the one with the brass neck to stand there and lecture footballers about doing their bit. Well Marcus Rashford - his name's Marcus, not Daniel - he's done his bit. When are you going to do yours?"
Health Secretary Matt Hancock blamed the early start for wrongly praising 'Daniel Rashford' for prompting the Government's U-turn on free school meals.
"I completely misspoke," he told BBC Breakfast, laughing. "Too early in the morning."
He then told LBC: "Apparently I then got it right about two minutes later.
"It was a complete mispeak. Maybe I had Harry Potter on the mind."
In a shock announcement on Tuesday (June 16), Boris Johnson announced the government will now fund the free school meal voucher scheme - for which nearly 1.3 million children are eligible - over the summer holidays.
This followed a campaign by Rashford, 22, who received free school meals as a youngster growing up in Wythenshawe.
The Manchester United star penned an emotional letter calling on MPs to reverse the government's decision to end free school meals for low-income familes.
It was widely shared on social media and led to the government announcing plans to pour £120m into a one-off 'COVID summer food fund'.
