Foul-mouthed Katherine Ryan and Maisie Adam caused uproar were talking about David Beckham and his wife Victoria on Friday night’s episode of Have I Got News For You
BBC viewers complained about the use of the expletive by Katherine Ryan and Maisie Adam
TV’s Katherine Ryan has responded after she drew criticism during an expletive-loaded episode of Have I Got News For You where Sir David Beckham and wife Victoria were both branded ‘c***s’.
On Friday night, Katherine and panellist Maisie Adam used the word while talking about Sir David‘s knighthood handed to him by King Charles. Katherine, 42, began by mentioning an email David allegedly sent his PR team in 2023, calling the honours committee “a bunch of c****s” and describing the system as a “f*****g joke” after he was overlooked.
David allegedly wrote: “I expected nothing less. It’s a disgrace to be honest and, if I was American I would of got something like this 10 years ago.” Commenting on David’s investiture, comedian Maisie, 31, said: “It would have been nice, and maybe poetic if Charles had got his own back, knighting him and going, ‘Arise you c**t.'”
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Sir David Beckham was knighted by King Charles last week
Then Katherine made a joke that provoked complaints on social media, saying, “I don’t know if we are allowed to broadcast the ‘C-word’, but you did reference Victoria Beckham earlier …and we’ll allow that.” Some members of the audience appeared stunned by Katherine’s remark and she then said: “I like her really … I didn’t expect that reaction.”
The comedian has now responded to the outrage on Instagram, sharing a screenshot of an article with the headline “Have I Got News For You sparks uproar for broadcasting the c-word multiple times”. Not taking it too seriously, she quipped in the caption: “And that was just my intro!”
After the official account of Have I Got News For You shared the video on X, many viewers took issue with the choice of language. One wrote: “This show fell off hard. Sad.” Another said: “That was so weak.” A third tweeted: “Unacceptable broadcasting of the ‘C’ word.
Maisie Adam also turned the air blue
“This is a recorded programme, so who at the @ BBC felt it was ok not to cut or bleep it out? Really disappointing #BBC.” Another added: “Ok #HIGNFY. ‘I don’t know that we are allowed to broadcast the C word, but you did reference Victoria Beckham earlier, so we’ll allow that.’ What?”
One more said: “The BBC should also be trusted not to allow offensive language like the C word to be broadcast as in Have I Got News for You this evening.” A person posted: “The same BBC that allows the C word to be broadcast during #hignfy, once in connection with Victoria Beckham. Katherine Ryan should be suspended.”
The football star, 50, who was recognised for his services to sport and charity in a ceremony at Windsor Castle, has described accepting the honour as the “proudest moment” of his career. Sir David has supported a number of charity causes, including serving as a goodwill ambassador for humanitarian aid organisation Unicef since 2005.
Asked whether he managed to speak to Charles during the ceremony, Sir David said: “He was quite impressed with my suit. “He’s kind of the most elegantly dressed man that I know, so he inspired quite a few of my looks over the years and he definitely inspired this look. It was something that my wife made me.
“I looked at old pictures of him when he was quite young in morning suits and I was like, OK, that’s what I want to wear, so I gave it to my wife and she did it.” He said he has felt emotional over the knighthood since he was recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours earlier this year, and that he has “always been a huge fan of the monarchy”.
Last year he was named an ambassador for The King’s Foundation, an educational charity established by the King in 1990. And speaking after the ceremony, which was attended by his wife Lady Victoria, and his parents, he said of his charitable drive: “All the things that I do, I do out of love.
“I don’t do it because I’m forced to do it, I don’t do it because I have to do it, I do it because it’s important because I think there’ll always be something to do,” Sir David said. “I do believe that my work will never stop. I enjoy work. I got brought up with the right values to have respect for people and that will continue.”
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