Sunday Brunch hosts Tim Lovejoy and Simon Rimmer were left red faced after Alastair Campbell swore on live telly.
Viewers of the Channel 4 show, which airs every Sunday morning at 10am, were stunned when the former spokesperson and strategist for Tony Blair went on a fiery tirade about Greta Thunberg.
Alastair, who was also a political journalist as well as the communications director for the Labour Party, was on the popular show to promote his book But What Can I Do? and discussed his frustrations with the current government and politics today.
During the awkward interview, the 66-year-old PR guru spoke about why people had become disengaged with politics, and co-host Tim began blaming Alastair for “being the problem with politics”.
He started talking about Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, and praised her for taking a stand to highlight the issue of climate change.
Alastair then surprised hosts Tim and Simon when he said those who criticise her on social media were “mainly male. right wing, older men....Sitting there on a sofa saying he's a t***, that's what they do.”
Tim quickly apologised to viewers for the slip-up, but they were tickled by the inadvertent swearing on a Sunday morning.
“Haha (Alastair Campbell) saying t*** on Sunday brunch. Didn't have that on my Sunday bingo card,” one tweeted.
“Whoops,” another added.
“Ohhhh dear..... Campbell just dropped the T word haha,” one viewer posted.
“Alastair Campbell dropping ‘T***’ at 10am on Sunday morning TV,” another gleefully wrote.
Sunday’s show marked the return of co-host and chef Simon, who had pulled out of presenting duties last week after the death of his father, Peter, who passed away in Merseyside at the age of 89.
