Katherine Ryan Speaks Out After BBC Upholds Complaints About Victoria Beckham C-Word Joke

The Canadian comic has claimed that Victoria Beckham contacted her directly about the joke made on Have I Got News For You last year.

Katherine Ryan has responded after the news that the BBC is upholding complaints over a joke she made while guest hosting Have I Got News For You almost a year ago.

During the November 2025 broadcast, Katherine introduced a segment about Sir David Beckham’s knighthood, to which regular panellist Ian Hislop remarked: “He was meant not to get it, wasn’t he? Because he’d been pitching for it. And it was considered bad form to be ‘desperate’.”

“That’s exactly right,” the Canadian comic responded. Reading from a script in front of her, she continued: “In 2013, when he did not get a knighthood, he emailed his PR saying, ‘They’re a bunch of cunts, I expected nothing less’...”

Fellow comedian Maisie Adam responded: “It would have been nice and maybe poetic if Charles had got his own back just by knighting him and then going, ‘Arise, you cunt’.”

“I don’t know if we are allowed to broadcast the C-word,” Katherine then remarked. “But you did reference Victoria Beckham earlier, and we will allow that…”

Shortly afterwards, the BBC confirmed it had received multiple........

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