Vernon Kay’s accidental swear on live radio leaves Radio 2 listeners laughing before he apologizes for his mistake

Vernon Kay left Radio 2 listeners in hysterics on Wednesday, as he accidentally let slip a swear while live on air.

The presenter, 49, was hosting his regular BBC Radio 2 show when he made the rude blunder, forcing him to apologise. 

Vernon was talking about Stockport, where his wife Tess Daly is from, when he turned the air blue.

Gushing about the many things the town has produced, he said: ‘As I’m reading this they’re burying a time capsule with pupils from St Joseph’s Primary School containing everything that’s great about Greater Manchester which will be opened in 100 years in 2124.’

He quipped: ‘None of us will be around when they open that – how crazy is that? It’ll be some other clown sat at a radio station.’

Vernon Kay left Radio 2 listeners in hysterics on Wednesday, as he accidentally let slip a swear while live on air (pictured in November)

The presenter, 49, was hosting his regular BBC Radio 2 show when he made the rude blunder, forcing him to apologise

Vernon was talking about Stockport, where his wife Tess Daly is from, when he turned the air blue (pictured with Tess in 2020)

Vernon then addressed the listeners, intending to say ‘a little piece of history’, but tripped over his words and blurted out an expletive instead.

He said: ‘If you are going down there, to the burying of the time capsule, enjoy that little bit of p***.’

Realising his mistake, the radio host immediately tried to correct himself before bursting into laughter.

Still giggling he quickly added: ‘I apologise, slip of the tongue.’

But Vernon kept chuckling before admitting to fans: ‘I’m having so much fun today – now I do really need a wee after laughing.’

Listeners were similarly amused by Vernon’s accidental profanity, taking to social media to admit they also couldn’t stop laughing.

They shared: ‘@vernonkay saying p*** on the radio. P***ing myself laughing here; @vernonkay Brilliant, slip of the tongue’.

‘Didn’t think there would be a little bit of p*** on the radio this morning. A piece of history there; Howling laughing!!’

Vernon then addressed the listeners, intending to say ‘a little piece of history’, but tripped over his words and blurted out an expletive instead (pictured in November)

Realising his mistake, the radio host immediately tried to correct himself before bursting into laughter, but quickly added: ‘I apologise, slip of the tongue’

‘just listening to today’s show bet you won’t say little p of history i nearly fell off my wheelchair lol; @vernonkay a little what?’

While one person reassured Vernon, quipping: ‘Vern, don’t worry about bringing “a little bit of p***” to your show today. As you turn 50, you’ll find it happens more and more often…’

It marks the second blunder for Vernon on the radio in the past few weeks, after his mid-morning show went of the air briefly last month.

He was chatting away to his audience as normal when his voice was suddenly cut off and listeners heard nothing but silence and the ’emergency tapes’ began to play.

When he returned to air, the presenter confirmed Radio 2’s system had crashed and needed to be rebooted.

He said: ‘Right well that’s exciting isn’t it? Let me explain what’s happened. Basically the system needed a reboot. That’s what happened.

‘Everything just crashed, literally crashed. We have a machine where we play all the music off and that’s gone kaput. 

‘That’s got warning signs flashing in front of me. I don’t know whether it’s overheated or having a day but it’s gone kaput.’ 

Listeners were similarly amused by Vernon’s accidental profanity, taking to social media to admit they also couldn’t stop laughing

It marks the second blunder for Vernon on the radio in the past few weeks, after his mid-morning show went of the air briefly last month

Vernon took over the mid-morning slot in May of last year, replacing BBC stalwart Ken Bruce.

Ken, 72, jumped ship to join commercial rival Greatest Hits Radio in March after hosting the same BBC slot since 1986. 

Vernon was announced as his replacement two months later, but previously insisted there are no hard feelings between the pair, revealing they regularly enjoy a catch up on the journey to work.

He told the Radio Times: ‘We take the same train every morning! He gets on a few stops further down the line but we bump into each other all the time – we say hello and have a chinwag’.  

Discussing the big shoes he had to fill Vernon said: ‘Ken did 31 years in the mid-morning slot but in 31 years, I’ll be 80′.

‘There’s no way I’ll be sat at this desk! It’s a precious slot that needs the utmost respect. It’s not about me or Ken, it’s about the listener’.

Vernon took over the mid-morning slot in May last year, replacing Ken Bruce, 72, (pictured in 2023) who jumped ship to join rival Greatest Hits Radio after hosting the BBC slot since 1986