Sky Sports apologises after presenter Melissa Reddy used expletive on air

Sky Sports has apologised after presenter Melissa Reddy used an expletive to describe Manchester United's goalkeeper live on air.

The senior sports reporter was appearing on Sky News to discuss the decision to play goalkeeper Andre Onana in his Premier League debut match against Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Reddy said: "He feels that in Onana, he has signed a big personality. We've already seen glimpses of that.

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"Him b*****king his defenders when they've made a mistake.

"So he is calm and assured that both players will drive United to the next level."

News reader Vicky Gomersall the responded: "Just going to apologise to anyone if they were offended by the use of your language there Melissa."

Reddy, 36, has not commented on her use of the derogatory word, used to mean reprimand, which is also slang for a part of the male anatomy.

Since the segment aired she shared a clip of her post-match interview with Onana saying he was confident that his collision with Wolves' Sasa Kalajdzic during the game would not result in a penalty.

The South African sports journalist joined Sky Sports in March 2022 having previously worked at The Independent.

Celebrating one year at Sky she posted on Instagram to her 211k followers: "Happy @skysports Birthday to me. One year in the bag and I can’t express how much I’ve learnt, grown, been challenged and developed in this time.

"As a writer, I used to think people on TV had the easy gig - I was extremely wrong. There is so much out of your control when you’re on air, no backspace when you’re live, and no 1000 words to add all the context needed.

"I’ve enjoyed myself so much and will continue improving. Thanks for sticking with me.

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"My favourite part of the job has been a lot of the people I work with, who are friends not colleagues - you know who you are."

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