During Tuesday’s episode of , experienced a series of uncomfortable gaffes while interviewing Bob Geldof. The segment was meant to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Band Aid, with co-hosts Cat Deeley and Andi Peters chatting with music legends Bob Geldof and Midge Ure.
However, the atmosphere tensed up when Cat mistakenly claimed that Band Aid and Live Aid concerts had raised nearly £2 million. After a clip of the iconic song played, she swiftly corrected herself, stating: “I was supposed to say £200 million has been raised but in today’s money-“.
Bob interjected to clarify that the figure is now closer to £480 million, prompting Cat to acknowledge her correction. Bob teasingly asked: “You’ve never done this before?”
To which Cat, trying to keep the mood light, responded with a chuckle: “Never, I’m a spring chicken!” Yet, the slip-ups didn’t stop there. As they discussed an upcoming show featuring the original Band Aid single, Do They Know It’s Christmas?, Bob mentioned the programme would air later in the week.
Sir Bob Geldof was quick to call out Cat over the blunders (Image: ITV)
Cat mistakenly said: “On Channel 4.” Only for Bob to swiftly correct her, saying: “No, not Channel 4, Four. Who briefs you? Who does your research? ! Deeley. It’s Four for god’s sake.”
A red-faced Cat could only laugh off the error, holding up her notes to the camera Andi quipped: “Oh no, shamed by Bob Geldof live on telly, I love it!”. Despite the mishaps, the presenters seemed to take it all in stride, laughing uproariously, reports .
The programme Sir Bob referred to is set to air this Friday on Four, commemorating 40 years since the original Band Aid single was launched.
Discussing the forthcoming documentary, he told the : “That Sunday morning when a bunch of young spotty English pop stars who were (more or less) just out of school and had taken over the pop culture of the world.
This Morning’s Cat Deeley faces awkward moment as Bob Geldof exposes blunder (Image: ITV)
“Ambled up a Ladbroke Grove street in London to make a song their friends had written for the starving people of Ethiopia, they could never have understood the enormous consequences of that day.
It was, if not exactly the ‘shot that rang around the world’, it certainly became, however unwittingly, ‘the shout that rang around the world’, culminating 20 years later in all its unlikely majesty in ultimately forcing the global political process to bend to its focused will at the Gleneagles G8 summit of 2005 and after the Live8 concerts.”
He further noted that this documentary adopts a ‘fly on the wall’ approach, featuring unseen footage from the day.
“I love it because it is so… English. So guileless, so charming and yes so innocent,” Sir Bob concluded.
Bob Geldof and Midge Ure appeared on Tuesday’s This Morning (Image: ITV)
He went on to say: “These rock stars piling into the control room, babies under arm – it was a Sunday, family day, chipping in, laughing, shouting suggestions, taking the mickey, funny, having fun making history, on top of the world.
Along with the documentary, Zoe Ball’s Breakfast Show will welcome some of the artists who sang on the original track and also hears from listeners’ with their memories of the song on Sunday December 1.
This Morning continues weekdays on ITV from 10am.