GOOD Morning Britain's Richard Madeley and Kate Garraway burst out laughing after veteran broadcaster John Simpson said "w***er" live on air.
The journalist, 76, spoke to the hosts about his new book, Our Friends in Beijing, detailing his experience of reporting in the Chinese capital and other Asian countries.
While telling the story of a near-death experience in Beirut where the military convinced him he was being executed - before revealing it was a joke - John let slip the swear word live on air.
John told Richard and Kate: "It wasn't me in China, of course, that's not how China is particularly. It was in Beirut some years ago. "I was made to kneel down, the guy stuck a gun at the back of my neck, pulled the trigger, and, you know, I.
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