Ant and Dec were forced to apologise after a Saturday Night Takeaway guest swore on the show.
As part of the show's iconic surprises, the duo were joined by This Morning star Josie Gibson, Loose Women's Judi Love and DJ Jordan North in various locations around the country on Saturday (March 9).
One audience member was particularly shocked when he realised Judi was presenting live from his home.
When Dec approached the astonished Prakesh with his microphone, he exclaimed: "Oh f**k, oh Jesus!"
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The hosts later apologised to viewers for the swearing, with Dec saying: "Just a little apology if you did hear any language during that, we are very sorry. Live TV and all that, very sorry about that."
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Ant jokingly added: "Who was it?" before Dec replied: "I'm not looking at anybody or saying any names but Prakesh."
The show's viewers were quick to share their reactions to the blunder on X — formerly Twitter. "Apologising for the swearing when they don't bleep it out on Big Brother," one person wrote.
"Cant believe that fella just shouting 'ohhh f**kkkkkk'," another added, while a third viewer said: "Did Dec just apologise that Prikesh said 'Jesus' or was there another word?"
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The ITV show returned for its 20th series last month, with Ant and Dec revealing that it would be the last for a while as the show goes on hiatus.
The duo spoke about their decision last year, with Ant telling Digital Spy and other press: "We want it to be the biggest send-off because we're resting it for a while.
"We're gonna bring old things back, we've got brand-new stuff, we've got lots of things planned and we're gonna have a lot of fun doing it. We love it. It's gonna be sad, but we're gonna have fun until we get to the final episode."
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway airs on ITV1 and streams on ITVX.
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