September 9th 2023.
Spare a thought for Sky News presenter Mark Austin, who experienced an embarrassing moment this week - calling a guest ‘daddy’ instead of their name. We’ve all had awkward moments at school, but this slip of the tongue happened while Mark was at work!
The 64-year-old presenter was introducing an expert who was going to discuss a fugitive terror suspect case on his show The News Hour with Mark Austin. Mark began, ‘Let’s bring in policing commentator Danny Shaw, who joins us now’ - before quickly correcting himself with an awkward ‘Good evening daddy, uh Danny’.
The exchange was quickly noticed by viewers at home, who began sharing clips of the moment on social media. ‘Mark Austin just called this man “Daddy” during the man hunt coverage on Sky News,’ one person wrote, while another added ‘Not Mark Austin calling someone daddy instead of Danny on Sky News.’
Mark is best known as the former co-newscaster for the ITV Evening News, and the former co-newscaster of the ITV News at Ten. Since 2018, he’s presented The News Hour and Sky News at 6.
Have you ever had an embarrassing slip of the tongue like this? We’ve all been there. It's comforting to know that even the professionals can make the odd gaffe!
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