Jeremy Vine selected a track about walls tumbling down after a segment on the concrete crisis (Picture: Getty)
Jeremy Vine was left redfaced after making a gaffe involving Beyoncé and England’s school concrete crisis.
The broadcaster, 58, discussed the closure of around 100 of the country’s 20,000 schools due to being made with a type of lightweight concrete prone to collapse on his BBC Radio 2 show before introducing Queen Bey’s hit Halo.
If that has left you scratching your head and you’re wondering what the issue is… the song begins: ‘Remember those walls I built? Well, baby, they’re tumblin’ down.’
One social media user on X, formerly known as Twitter, remarked on the questionable track choice and exclaimed: ‘Almost crashed the car when I heard this (wait for the song).
‘Still deciding whether the music scheduler should be sacked or given a pay rise…’
Jeremy then retweeted the shocked listener’s comments and added: ‘This is on me. Apologies everyone.’
Jeremy made the questionable decision to play Halo by Beyoncé (Picture: Wireimage)
This is not the only gaffe the journalist has made of late after making a huge error during a message of support for Anton Du Beke, who had revealed his father had stabbed him as a child.
The Strictly judge, 57, told Kate Garraway on Life Stories that he spent three days in hospital after the attack on his leg and his stomach which happened on Boxing Day.
Reacting to the incident, which Anton said he had never spoken about before, Jeremy retweeted a story with a headline that read: ‘Anton reveals his father stabbed him to death as a child.’
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We wonder what Beyoncé would have made of the gaffe (Picture: WireImage)
Last month, a man who libelled Jeremy on Twitter agreed to pay out for making false claims that the TV presenter was the previously-unnamed BBC star at the centre of allegations.
However, instead of paying damages directly to the TV star, the man will instead be giving the sum to charity at the celebrity’s request, after Huw Edwards was revealed to be the BBC star involved.
The Channel 5 presenter tweeted: ‘On 8 July @AndyPlumb4 libelled me by alleging that I was the BBC presenter at the heart of a story in The Sun that day.’
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He continued: ‘He has now acknowledged that he was wrong, and has apologised. At my request, he has also agreed to pay £1,000 to @mndassoc rather than paying damages.’
The charity that Jeremy asked the man to pay the £1,000 to is MND Association, a charity that is committed to care, research and campaigning for those people living with or affected by motor neurone disease.
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A listener said they almost crashed their car after the gaffe.