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A BBC reporter just accidentally called Nigel Farage a c**t live on air

Freudian slip, eh?

May 14th 2015, 1:42 PM 3,943 Views 2 Comments

THE BBC’S ASSISTANT political editor Norman Smith made a bit of a slip up on the news this afternoon.

Speaking about Ukip leader Nigel Farage, he appeared to slip up and call him a personality c**nt instead of ‘cult’.

Yeouch.

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Some thought that wasn’t the part he got wrong…

A BBC reporter just accidentally called Nigel Farage a leader on air.
— Liz Buckley (@liz_buckley) May 14, 2015

Source: Liz Buckley/Twitter

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A BBC reporter just accidentally called Nigel Farage a c**t live on air