September 12th 2023.
Lorraine Kelly and actor Damian Lewis had a bubbly chat on Tuesday's episode of Lorraine which quickly took a turn for the worse. Just seconds into their conversation, Lorraine joked about Damian taking home a Lorraine mug as a souvenir which he had already received. The two then discussed US drama series Billions, where Damian stars in a lead role. Damian cheerfully described the show as one where everyone is an ‘a******e.’ Lorraine, rather than apologise for the language, repeated the phrase and the conversation moved on easily.
However it wasn't long before Lorraine got a voice in her ear, prompting her to apologise for her language. Laughing, Lorraine said: ‘This is hilarious, I’ve just been told that we have to apologise for you saying A-hole.’ She then added with a loud laugh: ‘And I said it as well! I have to apologise for myself. I thought that was allowed!’ Damian, too, insisted he was ‘being quite well behaved but ‘I apologise to everyone at ITV and everybody watching.’
Lorraine laughed it off, joking that she bet ‘people at home watching were so offended… not.’ When Vogue Williams came on to show off new fashion styles, Lorraine told her she had to ‘apologise for saying a naughty word.’ Vogue agreed she had thought the same thing. Ofcom's website lists the offending word as ‘medium language’ which is ‘potentially unacceptable pre-watershed.’
It didn't seem to bother viewers however, with one Twitter user urging Lorraine: ‘Don’t apologise, I think there are far worse things in the world.’ One joked: ‘Ha, didn’t quite expect Lorraine to blurt out ‘a*******s’ this morning,’ but as the word kept coming later added: ‘Can you have three swears on daytime telly and not apologise?’
Lorraine apologised for her language after Damian's comment, but it seemed like viewers weren't too offended. Fans took to Twitter to urge Lorraine not to apologise, saying that there are much worse things in the world. Despite the apology, Lorraine and Damian's conversation moved on easily and Vogue Williams joined them later on. Lorraine airs weekdays from 9am on ITV.
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