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Hugh Grant forced to apologise after swearing twice on Chris Evans’ Breakfast Show
The 57-year-old actor made the slip-up shortly before 8.30am while impersonating former co-star Anthony Hopkins
HUGH Grant was ordered to apologise to "mums on the school run" this morning after swearing twice on Chris Evans' Radio 2 Breakfast Show.
The actor, 57, caught host Evans off guard while impersonating Anthony Hopkins, using the word "b*****ks" shortly before 8.30am on the country's most widely listened to morning radio show.
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When Evans picked him up on the foul-mouthed gaffe, a bumbling Grant said "oh s**t" making the situation worse.
The radio DJ swiftly said: "You can't say that. Can you apologise to mums on the run?"
Grant duly obliged, before continuing chatting about some of his most well-known films.
Some listeners were offended by the vulgar language, writing on Twitter: "@BBCRadio2 I'll be bet Chris Evans is glad to get off air today. Hugh Grant is great fun but has no "edited family version" switch!
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"So Hugh Grant thinks acting is a load of B*****ks,we'll all I can say is he's happy enough to take very high wages for what he obviously has no respect for,😡.
"That didn’t go well .. Hugh Grant has to apologise for saying “bollocks” and “s**t” on Chris Evans Radio2 Show after embarrassed host says: “You can’t say that - or that...!”
Earlier in his interview, Hugh and Chris discussed the former's quest to learn how to play the violin for his latest role in A Very English Scandal.
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In one scene, disgraced MP Jeremy Thorpe (Grant) is showing off to his lover Norman Scott during a visit to the model's mother's home.
Hugh admitted that while the movements viewers will see are made by his fingers, it wasn't actually him playing, explaining the piece of music would normally take about 12-15 years to learn.
The BBC will air the series in May 2018.
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There will be three hour-long episodes and it is based on John Preston's novel of the same name.
It tells the shocking true story of Jeremy Thorpe, a disgraced member of parliament who in 1979 was tried but later acquitted of conspiring to murder his ex-lover Norman Scott.
Jeremy was an accomplished violinist as well as an MP and died in 2014 aged 85.
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