Saturday Morning’s James Martin declared that his dyslexia had gone viral, after a host of amused Instagrammers – including Lisa Snowdon – posted footage of him announcing he’d seen a “delicious looking dick”. The 50-year-old blamed the blunder on his struggle to read the autocue.
Luckily, James saw the funny side of it when he took to Instagram later, assuring his followers that fortunately the errors don’t happen often.
“Ha ha it read on the autocue what a delicious looking dish from Rick now I’m going to make spotted dick and custard!” he explained.
“It doesn’t happen often, thank God, but this is the day my dyslexia went live and viral!”
Lisa Snowdon had reposted the clip, in which an Instagram humour site had jokingly praised it for being “the finest eleven seconds of television ever broadcast in the UK”.
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As his followers brought out the tears of laughter emoji and Lisa Snowdon quipped: “Wish I’d seen this before bumping into @jamesmartinchef yesterday”, James took the moment in good humour.
Meanwhile, Holly Willoughby – who has also been open about her own battle with dyslexia – shared his latest book, Potato, with followers while making a mistake of her own.
“I mean you can’t beet (sic) a potato,” she exclaimed, thanking James for giving her a copy of the book after he returned to This Morning with her and Phillip Schofield.
Last month, James also shared footage of himself signing an overwhelmingly huge amount of copies as he prepared for the launch.
Michel Roux had been the founder of restaurants such as Le Gavroche, the first restaurant in Britain ever to be awarded three Michelin stars, and he remains a household name for foodies even after his death in 2020, aged 78.
James has always spoken openly about his admiration for the star entrepreneur and swiftly posted an apology to his 717,000 Twitter followers after becoming tearful reminiscing over their meet.
“Sorry I got a bit emotional on the @sat_jamesmartin show,” the butter-loving chef declared in his post.
“Michel Roux Snr was like a father figure to me and that day in France was one of the greatest in my life.”
However foodie fans were quick to assure him that his emotions weren’t an ingredient they would want to leave out of the recipe.
They poured supportive messages onto the post, telling the misty-eyed chef that he should not feel ashamed as his reaction was entirely “human”.
“Thought I could see a tear in your eye,” @joannew0112 replied in recognition, before adding: “No need to apologise for being human!”
@KerryVanGelder added: “Don’t be sorry for having a heart that’s why so many people like myself like you x.”
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