This Morning’s Dermot O’Leary leaves ITV show’s chef red-faced after spotting major Eurovision blunder
THIS Morning host Dermot O’Leary left the show’s resident chef cringing after calling her out on a massive Eurovision blunder.
Dermot, 51, pointed out Clodagh McKenna‘s faux pas as she got ready to whip up a plate of themed ‘nibbles’ for this weekend’s contest.
Clodagh, 49, lifted up her plate and showed off a selection of traditional small bites from various Eurovision competing nations.
But as she pointed to one of her savoury Danish pastries, Dermot asked: “Why has it got a Spanish flag on?”
Clodagh insisted the pastries were sporting a Danish flag, telling him: “It isn’t, it’s Danish.”
Dermot replied: “I’m pretty sure that’s a Spanish flag.”
Clodagh picked up one of her pastries that was decorated with a little red and white flag to give it a closer look.
Looking embarrassed, she laughed: “Do you know what…I wasn’t in charge of the flags!”
Dermot was in fact correct. Clodagh’s Danish pastries were decorated with mini yellow and red Spanish flags.
The Danish flag is red with a white cross on.
Dermot apologised to his This Morning co-star for embarrassing her over the blunder live on television.
“I wasn’t trying to… I was just curious!” he laughed. “Sorry, I shouldn’t have said anything.”
However, when they returned for Clodagh’s cooking segment later in the show, Dermot couldn’t help but mention it again.
The Spanish flags had been swapped for the correct Danish flags.
Gesturing to her savoury pasties, he said: “Got the flag right.”
Clodagh laughed: “We quickly swapped it out!”
Fans were quick to comment on the big mistake after tuning in to Friday’s episode of This Morning.
One wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter: “She proudly holds it up, still convinced it’s a Danish flag—bless.”
Another posted emojis of both the Spanish and Danish flags along with a ‘crying with laughter’ face.
“They’re almost identical,” they mused.
Agreeing, another wrote: “Seriously though… How can you confuse these two?”
Meanwhile, Dermot was joined on Friday’s This Morning by Lisa Snowdon due to a last minute presenter shake-up.
Lisa was drafted in at the last minute after Alison phoned in sick.
Alison blamed her absence on a bad bout of hayfever, but Lisa told viewers: “She’s had a major allergic reaction. She looks and feels terrible.”