Comedians Katherine Ryan and Maisie Adam recently prompted fury after labelling David and Victoria Beckham "c***s" on last week's Have I Got News For You. However, the former seems unperturbed by the outrage.
The controversial episode of the BBC panel show aired on Friday, with one segment seeing the group of famous faces discussing the Beckhams.
Ms Adam, 31 initially used the expletive while talking about Sir David's knighthood, which came this year.
Ms Ryan then recalled how Mr Beckham had allegedly sent his PR team a stern email in 2023 in which he is believed to have called the honours committee "a bunch of c***s" for snubbing him.
The former football legend is also believed to have described the system as "a f***ing joke".
He is thought to have written: "I expected nothing less. It's a disgrace to be honest and, if I was American I would [have] got something like this 10 years ago."
Ms Adam commented: "It would have been nice, and maybe poetic if Charles had got his own back, knighting him and going, 'Arise you c***.'"
Ms Ryan added: "I don't know if we are allowed to broadcast the 'C-word', but you did reference Victoria Beckham earlier... And we'll allow that."
Maisie Alan and Katherine Ryan's comments sparked an online backlash
|BBC
The 42-year-old's remark sparked an immediate response from the audience, who sounded shocked.
Noticing this, the comedian added: "I like her really... I didn't expect that reaction."
Viewers soon took to social media to fume over the conversation though, with many questioning why the moment was kept in when it hadn't been a live show.
Responding to backlash herself, Ms Ryan laughed off the fury as she screenshot an article that read "Have I Got News For You sparks uproar for broadcasting the c-word multiple times," sharing it to her Instagram.
She joked in the caption: "And that was just my intro!"
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Katherine Ryan labelled the Beckhams 'c***s'
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During and after the episode, complaints flooded in as one penned on X: One penned on X: "Please, @haveigotnews, STOP Katherine Ryan (@kathbum) hosting this show! She’s bombed as a comedian in her own country of Canada?! BECAUSE SHE’S NOT FUNNY!"
A second wrote: "Jesus - painful," with another responding: "Even the audience seemed uncomfortable this time..."
Another added: "Maybe because of the foul language and Katherine Ryan calling Victoria Beckham the C word?"
"The BBC doesn't mind allowing the C word to be broadcast either, during #hignfy, once in connection with Lady Beckham by Katherine Ryan. That's really offensive language," someone else noted.
The Have I Got News For You panel had been discussing the Beckhams
| PAAnother fumed: "The same BBC that allows the C word to be broadcast during #hignfy, once in connection with Victoria Beckham. Katherine Ryan should be suspended."
Others took a different view, with one writing sarcastically: "Awww, getting offended over silly words."
"Absolutely fabulous episode! Great guests and love Katherine Ryan, great hosting," someone else enthused. (sic)
GB News has contacted the BBC and Ms Ryan's representatives for a comment on the backlash.