Channel 4 has apologised after a seven-letter gay slur was broadcast on Countdown. The contestants, fans and rival quiz hosts and the contestants were left wondering why bosses didn’t edit out the word “p*****r” as one of the answers, in the words round.
Pointless host Richard Osman was surprised the offensive word wasn’t cut from Monday’s show, the Mirror reports. Osman said: “The contestant was embarrassed to be saying it, but in that situation the easy solution is to all agree he scored 7 points and to retake with a different answer.