This Morning was hit by an awkward subtitle fail on Monday morning which left host Holly Willoughby feeling quite vindicated.
She and co-host Phillip Schofield opened up the show with a segment about a depressed grouper fish called Mikko, who had eaten all of his tank mates at Linnanmaki Sea Life Centre in Helsinki.
The fish’s keeper explained that he would feed Mikko on the show and that he had a “big mackerel” for his lunch.
But Holly thought he had said “Big Mac”, as in the popular burger from McDonald’s.
Phil thought it was hilarious as he corrected Holly, but it turned out she wasn’t the only one who had been confused.
Mikko has been eating all of the other fish in his tank (Image: ITV)
Later in the episode, Phil read a tweet from a viewer who shared a photo of their television’s subtitles, which also read: “I have a Big Mac meal for him.”
Other viewers had thought the fish keeper had said the burger though, and took to Twitter to try and make Holly feel a bit better.
One said: “I thought he said Big Mac!”
Holly Willoughby thought the fish keeper had said ‘Big Mac’ instead of ‘big mackerel’ (Image: ITV)
Another tweeted: “It’s OK Holly I thought he said Big Mac too!”
A third wrote: “It did sound like Big Mac to be fair.”
While someone else joked: “Did Holly really think they fed that fish a Big Mac? That’s made my day.”
Mikko the fish went through a number of tank mates, with staff at the aquarium putting him in with a venomous lionfish as they thought it would be safe. He ate that too.
Whoever was in charge of subtitles thought the man had said ‘Big Mac’ too (Image: ITV)
He has become depressed during lockdown as visitors haven’t been going to see him, so he has been sulking at the bottom of his tank.
Instead, staff started taking their lunch breaks by his tank to keep him company, brushed him with a soft brush and set up a television next to him.
Luckily, Mikko has been improving since the aquarium opened to visitors again.
A Linnanmaki Sea Life Centre spokeswoman said last week: “Since we opened in the summer and had visitors again, Mikko has shown positive signs again and is clearly more active again in his tank.
“We have still continued with the occasional brushing as he seems to really enjoy it.”
Hopefully the staff will be able to find a suitable tank mate soon.
This Morning airs weekdays at 10am on ITV
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