Ant and Dec forced to apologise as Gordon Ramsay swears on Saturday Night Takeaway – 10 minutes after vowing not to

ANT and Dec were forced to apologise for Gordon Ramsay after he swore just 12 minutes into tonight’s Saturday Night Takeaway Live.

The famously foul-mouthed chef even promised not to swear on the show just minutes earlier in a joke segment.

However during a competition to win a holiday, Gordon had to guess what viewers were mouthing when he couldn’t hear them.

But at one point it sounded like he swore, and Ant was forced to apologise on his behalf.

Ant said: “We have to apologise for your language there.”

Gordon was confused and immediately said: “What did I say?”

Ant replied: “It may have sounded like a swear word.”

Gordon was this week’s Guest Announcer on Saturday Night Takeaway and had promised not to swear.

Instead Ant jokingly broke out into a sweary rage so they could get full use of their bleeping machine.

Rag’n’Bone Man also made an appearance in front of the live virtual audience from home.

There was also the return of the Pandas – Bam and Boo – who were seen based in Hamleys with a teddy bear’s picnic.

Fleur East returned across the country with her segment of Chase the Rainbow.

And there was a start of a new serial called Double Trouble with a host of celebrity guests.

It saw Ant and Dec cloned and the clones gone rouge. 

The new adventure featured celebrities including Bear Grylls, Prue Leith, Rob Brydon, Alison Hammond and Jermaine Jenas.