To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser that supports HTML5video Coverage of Euro 2024 was thrown into chaos hours before the first match of the tournament between Scotland and Germany when a kid shouted a swear word on live TV. The moment happened shortly after 4pm on Friday June 14, when a Sky News presenter was interviewing football fans at what looked like a pub in the Scottish city of Dunfermline. During the lively group conversation, the presenter was chatting to a man wearing a bucket hat embossed with ‘Scotland’, to show his pride in his country ahead of the 2024 UEFA European Football Championship .
The man gestured towards a child who was standing on the other side of the Sky presenter, emphasising that the ‘wee guy’ had ‘never seen this before’, after Scotland managed to qualify for the competition in Germany, their opponents in tonight’s match. ‘He was never born when this happened,’ the man added. The presenter then turned to the young boy, asking him: ‘What were you going to say sorry?’ The child leaned into the mic, shouting without hesitation: ‘F**k you Germany!’ The presenter quickly pulled his mic away, saying to viewers: ‘Oh dear.
Apologies for that language,’ as he turned to interview another Scottish football fan. Of course, TV viewers were quick to express their shock over the unexpected moment, as well as how funny they found the pre-watershed exchange. ‘This is the ONLY kind of.
