{"id":419330,"date":"2026-02-11T05:15:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T05:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/419330\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T05:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T05:15:10","slug":"bbc-the-one-show-host-sparks-backlash-over-rude-treatment-to-legend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/419330\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC The One Show host sparks backlash over ‘rude’ treatment to ‘legend’"},"content":{"rendered":"

BBC The One Show presenters Alex Jones and Roman Kemp were left in an awkward situation on Tuesday’s episode.<\/p>\n

21:18, 10 Feb 2026Updated 22:58, 10 Feb 2026<\/p>\n

\"Alex<\/p>\n

Roman Kemp issued an apology to BBC viewers(Image: BBC)<\/p>\n

The atmosphere became somewhat uncomfortable during Tuesday evening’s instalment of BBC<\/a> The One Show<\/a>.<\/p>\n

During the programme – which recently paid tribute to a legend following his death<\/a> – hosts Alex Jones and Roman Kemp interviewed comedy legend Harry Enfield about his forthcoming tour.<\/p>\n

Yet, whilst discussing his extensive career, Alex enquired about the origins of one of his notorious characters, Mr Don’t.<\/p>\n

He responded: “Well, I had a girlfriend once whose father didn’t like me. I was only about 18, but he used to call me the ‘b word fool’. Everything I did was sort of wrong.<\/p>\n

“He was actually really nice, but I was a bit younger than his daughter by six years, and he thought, ‘Oh no, I’m not having that’.<\/p>\n

\"Harry<\/p>\n

Harry told a story about an old girlfriend’s father during his appearance on the programme(Image: BBC)<\/p>\n

“Once do you know what he did? The worst thing. He got me up one morning and said, ‘Come on, Harry, you’re coming with me. ‘ Out to the pigs.<\/p>\n

“He had some piglets, and it was the day the piglets were going to be castrated. He put plastic bags around their hem hems. He picked them up-“.<\/p>\n

Interrupting, Roman questioned: “Where is this going, Harry? It’s a tea time show.”<\/p>\n

Following Harry’s reassurance to the BBC presenter that it was acceptable, they permitted the comedian to finish his anecdote. He continued: “I had to hold the piglet then he’d get his knife, look into my eyes, and go woosh, like that.”<\/p>\n

\"Roman<\/p>\n

Roman Kemp issued an apology to BBC viewers(Image: BBC)<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, it was evident Roman wasn’t pleased with his tale as he attempted to halt him when he recognised where the story was heading, reports Wales Online<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Undeterred, Harry explained the man ended up doing the same thing with around five piglets as a warning before The One Show star issued an apology.<\/p>\n

Roman told viewers: “Apologies if you are eating dinner or anything like that.”<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, the comedian made another remark about the current news headlines that was quickly shut down by both Alex and Roman, prompting Harry to later reply: “I’m scared to say anything now!” – although both BBC stars laughed and told him he was fine to continue.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The other guests on the sofa found Harry’s story hilarious(Image: BBC)<\/p>\n

It wasn’t long before people watching commented on Harry’s appearance on the programme, with many unimpressed with how he was treated by the presenters.<\/p>\n

One viewer said: “What on earth is wrong with the imbecile BBC? Harry Enfield said nothing at all of any consequence, yet you could feel the atmosphere from here. Get a f****n grip and grow up for goodness sake. BCC beyond pathetic.”<\/p>\n

Whilst someone else wrote: “I love Harry Enfield. Roman Kemp was rude there. Harry didn’t say anything wrong, and it ruined the interview.”<\/p>\n

Someone else added: “What did he say wrong??! They just created a hostile atmos for no reason??! No way to treat a legend.” As one person commented: “Slight studio overreaction to a fairly mild Enfield anecdote.”<\/p>\n

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The One Show continues weekdays on BBC One from 7pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BBC The One Show presenters Alex Jones and Roman Kemp were left in an awkward situation on Tuesday’s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":419331,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[15859,243,6491,96,154735,67262,15858,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-419330","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-alex-jones","9":"tag-bbc","10":"tag-celebrities","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-harry-enfield","13":"tag-roman-kemp","14":"tag-the-one-show","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=419330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/419331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=419330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=419330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}