This Morning descended into chaos when Miriam Margolyes accidentally swore live on the ITV chat show.
The 81-year-old actress is well known for her outrageous TV moments, which include rude sex confessions and dropping swear words on air.
But it’s clear Miriam hasn’t stopped creating TV gold as she burst out with the word “sh**” during Monday’s show (July 4), where such words aren’t allowed due to daytime TV rules.
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Her swear word gaffe forced host Phillip Schofield to apologise to viewers before he and co-star Holly Willoughby erupted in fits of stitches.
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Hilariously, Miriam had only just been praised by her hosts for holding in rude words during the interview, where she opened up about being treated badly by male members of the Cambridge Footlights.
She nearly dropped the f-word before stopping herself and saying: “Oh, I have to watch myself!” to which Phil replied: “You’re doing really well, which is such a shame because we love it when you just let rip.”
Miriam replied: “I know, but it upsets some people, and I don’t want to upset people because the whole thing is, life is sh** at the moment, it really is. It’s terrible, and we…”
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However, Phil was quick to spot the explicit word, telling viewers: “Ooh, sorry.”
Miriam then realised she’d immediately made the exact error she had been trying to avoid.
She said: “I’ve let myself down. Sorry,” before Phil remarked: “Amazingly, whilst you were apologising!”
Miriam: “I just want to make people happy, that is the point.”
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Phil insisted: “You do, though,” before Holly agreed: “You make us very happy, let me tell you.”
The Harry Potter star added: “I apologise to everybody for that word.”
Miriam joined This Morning to chat about her latest book, her autography This Much Is True, which is packed full of hilarious and candid tales about her life.
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