Danny Dyer leaves shocked Jack Whitehall speechless as he drops banned expletive live on air and slates Keir Starmer during the BRIT Awards
Danny Dyer left Jack Whitehall speechless as he dropped a banned expletive live on air and slammed Keir Starmer during the 2025 BRIT Awards on Saturday night.
Some of the biggest names in music and TV descended on London’s O2 Arena for the highly-anticipated ceremony, which was aired live on ITV from 8.15pm.
Though most of the programme aired after the 9pm watershed, swearing is still bleeped out on live TV with artists including Sabrina Carpenter and Lola Young singing clean versions of their tracks.
However, EastEnders icon Danny, 47, didn’t quite keep to the same rules as ITV were forced to censor when he dropped a banned expletive during the live broadcast.
Viewers watching the show from home were faced with multiple muted moments while he spoke to host Jack Whitehall, though his comments have been revealed.
The actor uttered the highly-offensive swear word ‘c***’ before launching a furious rant aimed at Prime Minister Starmer, 62, calling him a ‘b*****d’ and a ‘s**g’.
Danny Dyer left Jack Whitehall speechless as he dropped a banned expletive live on air and slammed Keir Starmer during the 2025 BRIT Awards on Saturday night
The actor uttered the highly-offensive swear word ‘c***’ before launching a furious rant aimed at Prime Minister Starmer, 62, calling him a ‘b*****d’ and a ‘s**g’
Giving his unfiltered thoughts on politics, he said the world was ‘being run by ‘b*****ds’ before saying Starmer wins ‘b*****d of the year’.
Viewers were quick to take to X – formerly known as Twitter – to share their shock and amusement at his unexpected swear-laden rant, with some calling it the ‘highlight of the night’.
Comments included: ‘Danny Dyer – highlight of the night! You can’t silence the iron’; ‘The person with the bleeper every time Danny Dyer opens his mouth’;
‘Danny Dyer when he realises he was bleeped out so we never heard him’; ‘Danny Dyer publicly rinsing Keir Starmer on national television there’;
‘They let Danny Dyer have the mic and not expecting swearing’;
‘The BRITs might be the best awards show of the weekend, as the Oscars won’t have Danny Dyer mispronouncing Chappell Roan and naming Keir Starmer ”c*** of the year” to huge audience applause.’
Danny also didn’t shy away from using a whole string of expletives when he took to the stage to present the International Song of the Year award to Chappell Roan.
‘Hello motherf***ers! Listen guys… I’m f***ing sweating – it’s like a swamp down there, I’m telling you. Sweaty boll***s,’ he kicked off the speech with.
Danny also didn’t shy away from using a whole string of expletives when he took to the stage to present the International Song of the Year award to Chappell Roan
Viewers were quick to take to X – formerly known as Twitter – to share their shock and amusement at his unexpected swear-laden rant, with some calling it the ‘highlight of the night’
After mispronouncing Chappell’s name, he also said: ‘She couldn’t be f***ed to be here,’ before playing her video message.
It is not the first time the BRIT Awards has been faced with some awkward moments, with Lewis Capaldi famously being muted for his swear-laden acceptance speech.
The Someone You Love Me star’s began: ‘Hello motherf***ers!’ before being hastily muted by ITV bosses.
He said: ‘Listen guys, I’m f****ng sweating! It’s like a swamp down there I’m telling you, sweaty b******s hello Brit Awards!
‘It’s great to be here tonight, it’s just great to be out of the house to be honest, it’s been a great year for albums, mostly because I haven’t f*****g released one.’
The rest of Lewis’ speech was intermittent with muted parts as producers tried to block his profanities with the sound eventually returning as Lewis said: ‘Sorry, I was reading off a card here – ”how is everyone doing?”
After introducing the nominees, Lewis got in one more expletive, clearly took fast for producers attempting to mute his speech, adding: ‘Some good s***.’
The Osbourne family also didn’t quite adhere to the ‘no swearing on live television’ back in 2008.
It is not the first time the BRIT Awards has been faced with some awkward moments, with Lewis Capaldi famously being muted for his swear-laden acceptance speech
The Osbourne family also didn’t quite adhere to the ‘no swearing on live television’ back in 2008 (pictured: Sharon and Kelly with Vic Reeves)
Not only did they fill the whole show with expletives, but Sharon got particularly angry at comedian Vic Reeves in one awkward moment.
When he came on stage to present the Best Album award, Sharon deemed him too drunk to do the job after he stumbled over his words.
His ill-judged quip about singer Kylie Minogue – that she was ‘all right, a bit of work there and she will be OK’ – appeared to only enrage her further.
She barged him away and said: ‘Shut up, you’re p***ed, p*** off you b******,’ before deciding to reveal who the winner of the Best British Album award was herself.
