BBC Breakfast’s Jon Kay leaves Sally Nugent unimpressed with awkward Strictly blunder

BBC Breakfast host Jon Kay made an embarrassing mistake on Monday’s morning show, in which he was corrected by colleague Sally Nugent.

Chatting about the first On the Strictly Come Dancing exit, a reporter accidentally called Les Dennis “Len” – watch the hilarious moment in the clip below and see Sally’s not-so-impressed reaction.

WATCH: Sally Nugent corrects Jon Kay from BBC Breakfast

“If you haven’t watched last night’s Strictly Come Dancing yet, here are spoilers,” Jon warned viewers. “We’ll tell you who’s kicked out. So just close your ears and eyes for a few seconds.”

To which Sally said, “Les Dennis was the first to be eliminated from this year’s competition. This was his Samba with partner Nancy Xu. She couldn’t get him through the first round of eliminations. I honestly thought he would have been in it for a while.”

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Speaking of such a high standard in this series, Jon added: “Some of them are too good. They’ll be like pros by week five… At least Len can have Saturday nights at home now.”

© BBCSally Nugent and Jon Kay co-present BBC Breakfast

Noticing his mistake, Sally corrected him and joked, “Les.” Chuckling lightly, Jon remarked, “Yeah, I’ve got Lenny in my ear.”

The line-up of BBC Breakfast presenters

© BBC

1. Charlie Stayt The journalist joined BBC Breakfast back in 2006 and now co-hosts the show with Naga Munchetty from Thursday to Saturday. Before joining the BBC, Charlie was the main presenter of Five News, leading coverage of 9/11 and the Millennium celebrations.
2. Naga Munchetty The presenter joined the line-up of main presenters in 2014. Before landing the role on BBC Breakfast, she appeared on BBC World News as well as BBC Two’s financial affairs programme, Working Lunch.
3. Sally Nugent Sally is the show’s main presenter from 2021, replacing Louise Minchin following her departure after 20 years. Sally previously worked as a sports presenter on the show and covered various major sporting events for the BBC, including Emma Raducana’s historic win at the 2021 US Open tennis.
4. Jon Kay Newsreader and journalist takes over from Dan Walker following his departure in 2022. He previously worked as a correspondent for BBC News at Six covering major events such as the 2012 London Olympics and the 2015 General Election campaign.
5. Carol KirkwoodCarol is the main weather forecaster and has been waking up the nation with weather forecasts on the BBC for 30 years.
6. Nina WarhurstNina is the show’s chief business executive, having taken over from Steph McGovern in 2020. She often comes as host on the red sofa when the main hosts are away.
7. Ben ThompsonBen is a co-host and regularly fills in for the main hosts when they are away from the red sofa. It can also be seen on BBC News.
8. John WatsonJohn is a sports presenter and has worked for the BBC since 2012, providing viewers with all the latest sports news and stories.

Sunday night’s dance saw Les and dancer Nancy Xu in the bottom two with BBC presenter Nikita Kanda and Gorka Marquez. When co-host Tess Daly asked him about his time on the show, Les sweetly replied: “I had the best time, this woman was amazing, a great teacher, she really tested me. And I’m also as good as I could for you, I hope!

© Guy Levy Nancy Xu and Les Dennis were the first couple to be kicked out of Strictly this year

“That’s a lot [his fellow contestants] up there, I’ll miss you so much. I really appreciate and understand the judge’s point of view, thank you for giving me a 10 for fun. I hope I had fun, that’s why I came. Strictly is the best and the people who put this on, you’re all amazing!”

Nancy added: “It’s been a journey. It’s been such a short but sweet journey. There are a lot of challenges that we all know, but to see you (Lesu) improving yourself every day. I respect you so much. I just want to say thank you to the judges and all my friends. Thank you Strictly Come Dancing for all your support. Thank you Les.”

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