Davina McCall was forced to apologise during the BBC's live Comic Relief broadcast on Friday night after co-star Nick Mohammed swore while attempting a Rubik's Cube challenge. The incident occurred as Mohammed, best known for his role in Ted Lasso, struggled to solve eight cubes in one minute while being disrupted by former rugby player Joe Marler, who was dressed in drag.
As the 60-second challenge ended unsuccessfully, Mohammed turned the cubes to reveal the word 'sorry'—a reference to his banishment of Marler in the final of The Celebrity Traitors. Walking over to McCall, she addressed the audience: 'Before we go any further we just wanted to apologise if anybody heard any bad language there. It was a very high stress situation.'
Mohammed appeared confused, asking 'Did I say… Was it me?' McCall replied, 'I'm not sure, let's not go over it again,' as the studio audience laughed. The show, titled Funny for Money, raised £30,004,040 for charity, with McCall also becoming emotional during a segment about a mother who lost her child and now helps other mothers.
