‘I didn’t know’: Delta Goodrem responds to viral X-rated TV blunder

Delta Goodrem has opened up about the viral TV blunder that saw an explicit sign accidentally broadcast during her live appearance on Good Morning Britain.

The Australian singer addressed the now-infamous moment during a chat with radio host Kent “Smallzy” Small on The Smallzy Show this week.

When asked about the incident, Goodrem laughed it off, admitting she had “no idea” what was unfolding.

“Oh my God,” she said, before explaining that producers had aired footage featuring an X-rated fan word during her interview.

“For people who don’t know, you were just lapping it up and doing your moment on UK morning television,” Smallzy joked.

Goodrem confirmed she was completely in the dark, “I didn’t know in that moment, no”.

The Born To Try singer said she only realised something had happened when the moment started going viral online. 

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“All of a sudden, I started getting texts from the UK. Everyone was crying laughing,” she said.

“It was just one of those things.”

The broadcast blunder occurred when Goodrem appeared on the morning show following her triumphant fourth-place finish for Australia at the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna with her hit single, Eclipse.

During the segment, hosts Susanna Reid and Ed Balls crossed to footage of Goodrem performing at London’s Mighty Hoopla festival.

While the focus of the video was Goodrem on stage, in the corner, viewers could see an audience member’s fan with the C-word plastered across it in bold, bright pink letters. 

The moment quickly went viral, with viewers pointing out the error and calling on producers to apologise not only to Goodrem but also to viewers for airing an expletive on morning TV. 

Good Morning Britain later issued a public apology.

“We’d like to apologise to any viewers offended by the accidental appearance of the expletive which was featured in concert footage,” a spokesperson said at the time.

“As soon as the error was discovered, it was corrected and didn’t appear in the +1 and ITVX versions.”

The broadcaster later edited the footage from its streaming platforms.

Smallzy joked that “someone should have checked the footage” before it aired on national television.

“I like to think that they were looking at the stage and they didn’t see the sign,” the star concluded.