BBC Breakfast's Sally Nugent forced to apologise as guest swears live on air
dailyrecord.co.ukBBC Breakfast's Sally Nugent was forced to apologise after a guest used inappropriate language live on air. The host had to address the viewers following the guest's "choice of words" during an interview, alongside her co-presenter Jon Kay.The morning show, led by Sally, 52, and Jon, 54, featured various guests throughout the recent episode, continuing from their joint hosting duties the previous day.One segment highlighted an exhibition displaying the work of the late illustrator Raymond Briggs at the Ditchling Museum of Art and Craft in East Sussex.
Raymond, who resided in the area before his passing in 2022, is most renowned for the Snowman, first published in 1978.Joining Sally and Jon were Nicolette Jones, the exhibition's co-curator, and cartoonist Steve Bell who had both known Raymond and discussed the exhibition, Bloomin' Brilliant, on this week's show.
When asked about his relationship with the late illustrator, Steve revealed they had collaborated once. He added: "They say you shouldn't meet your heroes but, in this case, he was lovely. [A] wonderful, warm, interesting and funny person. Join the Daily Record's WhatsApp community here and get the latest news sent straight to your messages. "We became friends.
We had a kind of mutual respect. I always adored his work, I think his artistry is just supreme, and he respected the fact that I was good at deadlines. "I was very good at churning it out and he only had one deadline a year but I had like seven, eight a week [doing art for a newspaper]."Steve went on to say: "And so we sort of had this mutual regard, which was great.
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